n
(medicine) Detachment of the retina.
n
(uncountable, medicine, historical, rare) The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.
adj
(surgery, of an eye socket) From which the eye has been removed
n
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
n
(surgery) The puncture of an artery, typically in order to administer an injection
n
the examination of the interior of a joint (such as the knee) using an arthroscope
n
(surgery) The grafting of corneal tissue from one eye to the other
n
(surgery) A blood vessel that requires cauterization etc. to stop it from bleeding during surgery.
n
(surgery) Removal of the eyelids
n
(surgery) An instrument used to keep the eyelids apart during an operation
n
(surgery) The removal of a slice of eyelid tissue for examination
n
A surgeon who performs bottom surgery.
n
Surgery on any part of the nervous system, especially the brain; neurosurgery.
n
(informal, medicine) Surgery (procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body).
n
(medicine) The breaking up of anything, such as an ankylosis.
n
The slitting of the lacrimal punctum and canaliculus for the relief of epiphora.
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The surgical removal of tissue at the junction of the upper and lower eyelids.
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The surgical division of the canthus.
n
The surgical repositioning of the corners of the eyes.
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The surgical division of the canthus, usually the outer canthus.
n
(surgery) The removal of the lens capsule during cataract surgery
n
Alternative form of capsulorhexis [(surgery) The removal of the lens capsule during cataract surgery]
n
(surgery) An instrument used to incise the capsule of the lens of the eye
n
(surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts
n
(surgery) A technique for increasing the collateral circulation of the myocardium, in which sterile magnesium silicate was used to induce adhesions between the heart and the pericardium
n
Misconstruction of catheterization [The procedure of introducing a catheter.]
n
The procedure of introducing a catheter.
n
(surgery) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.
n
(medicine) Also known as chest drain, thoracic catheter, tube thoracostomy, or intercostal drain. A tube inserted into the chest with the purpose of allowing the removal of air or fluid from the pleural cavity.
n
The measurement of colonic contractions
n
(surgery) plastic surgery on the conjunctiva
n
(surgery) plastic surgery to the pupil of the eye
n
(surgery) Surgical removal of part of the vertebral body
n
A surgeon who performs cosmetic surgery
n
An instrument to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity in post mortems.
n
(medicine) An instrument for crushing the head of a foetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult cases.
n
A surgical instrument used in craniotomy to remove part of the skull.
n
(surgery) The destruction of part of the ciliary body of the eye, in some advanced cases of glaucoma
n
(surgery) cyclodestructive damage
adj
(surgery) That causes damage to the ciliary body in order to reduce watering as a result of glaucoma
n
(surgery) The creation of a passage between anterior chamber of the eye and the suprachoroidal space such that the aqueous humour may filter out and reduce pressure in cases of glaucoma.
n
(surgery) The use of diathermy to remove part of the ciliary body in the treatment of glaucoma
n
(surgery) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.
v
(surgery) To perform blepharoplasty to remove eyebags.
n
(surgery) A device, used in ENT surgery, to remove polyps etc from the sinuses
n
(surgery) A neurosurgical procedure involving the implantation of a medical device called a neurostimulator which sends electrical impulses, through implanted electrodes, to specific parts of the brain for the treatment of movement and affective disorders
n
(medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
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An instrument used surgically to remove a thin slice of skin for grafting
n
(medicine) A separation between two parts, such as separation of a bone, without fracture.
n
(surgery) The use of diathermy to cauterize blood vessels and reduce bleeding.
n
(surgery) incision, especially of a soft cataract
n
(surgery) A type of retractor
adj
(surgery) Relating to surgery to correct ectopia
n
(surgery) The use of an encephaloscope to view the brain
n
A surgical instrument used for encephalotomy.
n
(surgery) A specific type of ligature
n
Synonym of endoprosthesis
n
(surgery) An endomechanical stapler
n
The surgical removal of the canthal folds of the eye.
n
The surgical correction of aphakia. It is a refractive surgical procedure in which a donor cornea is transplanted to the anterior surface of the patient's cornea. A lamellar disc from a donor cornea is placed over the de-epithelialized host cornea and sutured into a prepared groove on the host cornea.
n
(surgery) A form of keratoplasty in which the lenticule is sutured onto the cornea after removal of the epithelium
n
(surgery) A type of contact lens used to replace the epithelium of the cornea
n
(surgery) An instrument once used to hold the lens of the eye during an operation to remove a cataract
n
(American spelling, medicine) Diagnostic inspection of the interior of the esophagus.
n
A blepharoplasty performed for cosmetic reasons.
n
(medicine, archaic) The operation of passing wire into an aneurysmal cavity.
n
(dated) Caesarean section
n
(surgery) The widening of the field of view of an eye
n
(surgery) A surgical treatment for glaucoma by stripping peripheral anterior synechiae from the cornea.
n
(surgery) An angled knife used in goniotomy
n
(surgery) incision into the eye in order to correct glaucoma
n
(surgery) The use of a flap made from a patient's conjunctiva to replace a damaged section of cornea.
adj
(surgery) Using skin from the same digit
n
(surgery) The separation of one or more of the outer layers of the lens of the eye during cataract surgery by forceful irrigation
n
(surgery) laparoscopy in which a saline solution allows distension of an orifice
n
(surgery) A suture within the aqueous humour of the eye
adj
(surgery) sutured by means of hydrosutures
n
The study of hypospadias and its surgical repair.
n
(surgery) A special knife used in hysterectomy.
n
The original procedure of closing a retina break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break with cautery.
adj
(cardiology) Specializing in coronary intervention
n
(surgery) A cutting instrument used in performing an iridectomy.
n
(surgery) Removal of part or all of the iris of the eye.
n
(surgery) A surgical procedure for glaucoma in which a portion of the iris is incised and incarcerated in a limbal incision.
n
(surgery) The ligature of a portion of the iris brought out through an incision in the cornea.
n
(surgery) Removal of the iris and the ciliary body.
n
(surgery) surgery, typically by laser, to widen the iris
n
(surgery) A stretching of the iris in the treatment of glaucoma.
n
(surgery) The removal of part of the iris.
n
(surgery) An operation that removes part of the cornea, as in keratomileusis
n
A surgical instrument for dividing the cornea in cataract operations
n
(surgery) Improvement of the refractive state of the cornea, performed by cutting a thin hinged flap in the front surface of the eye and lifting it to access the cornea.
n
(medicine, archaic) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye and breaking up the opaque mass.
n
(surgery) grafting or transplantation of the cornea
n
(surgery) A surgical procedure in which a severely damaged or diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea.
adj
(surgery) Involving modification of the shape of the cornea in order to reduce refractive error
n
(ophthalmology) The measurement of the shape of the anterior surface of the cornea.
n
(medicine) A surgical incision in the cornea.
n
Synonym of Pfannenstiel incision
n
(surgery, dated) A knife for amputating the uvula.
n
(surgery) A form of foraminotomy in which the vertebral lamina are also removed
n
(surgery) A surgeon who performs a laparotomy
adj
Subjected to a laryngectomy
n
(surgery) surgical repair of the larynx
n
An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx
adj
Of or pertaining to laryngospasm.
n
Acronym of laser-assisted sub-epithelial keratectomy, photorefractive keratectomy laser surgery, a laser eye surgery technique.
n
Any surgery using a laser to cut tissue instead of a scalpel.
n
(ophthalmology) Abbreviation of laser in situ keratomileusis: corrective eye surgery for various refractive disorders in which an excimer laser reshapes the cornea.
n
Alternative form of lentectomy [(surgery) The removal of a lens (of the eye).]
n
(medicine) An instrument used to perform a leucotomy.
n
(surgery) limbal keratoplasty
n
(surgery) An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.
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(surgery) A minor craniotomy
n
(surgery) laparotomy performed using keyhole surgery
n
(surgery) A thoracotomy involving a small incision
n
(surgery) A trocar used to make a single incision
n
(surgery) An instrument used in morcellation
n
A rectal infusion apparatus for administering proctoclysis.
n
(medicine) A diagnostic test for kidney tenderness, involving percussion of the costal vertebral angle.
n
(surgery) fixation of muscles of the eye in order to correct myopia
n
(biology, medicine) A surgical instrument for performing myotomy.
n
(surgery) electroablation of a very small area (especially to destroy cancerous tissue)
n
(surgery) A very small incision
n
(surgery) Any of various systems of software and hardware that assists a surgeon to guide (or navigate) instruments within the skull
n
(neurology, neuroscience) An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.
n
(surgery) damage to the nucleus (of the eye) during surgery
n
(surgery) Corrective surgery to the eyelid(s)
n
(medicine, rare) The enucleation of the eyeball.
n
(surgery) dissection of or incision into the eye
n
endoscopy of the oropharynx
n
The creation of gas-permeable contact lenses that temporarily reshape the cornea to reduce refractive errors.
n
(surgery) orthotopic transplantation
n
The use of osmotically active substances to reduce the volume of intracranial contents.
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(historical) A kind of bone saw used in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
n
(surgery) A surgeon whose speciality is otosurgery
n
(surgery) A protective tube used during endoscopy, typically during removal of a foreign body
n
The surgical removal of a strip of the conjunctiva of an eye.
n
(surgery, ophthalmology, informal) Clipping of phacoemulsification. [(surgery) A form of cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution, thus maintaining the anterior chamber, as well as cooling the handpiece.]
n
(surgery) The flow of fluid into and out of a lens during phacoemulsification surgery
n
(surgery) A form of cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution, thus maintaining the anterior chamber, as well as cooling the handpiece.
adj
(surgery) Subject to phacoemulsification
n
(surgery) fragmentation of the lens of the eye, typically after it has become dislocated
n
(surgery) An extension of iridencleisis that includes the lens
n
(surgery) The destruction and removal of the lens of the eye
n
(surgery) An extension of trabeculectomy to include the lens
n
(surgery) combined phacoemulsification and vitrectomy
n
a laser eye surgery technique to correct vision.
n
A surgeon who performs plastic surgery.
n
Synonym of pneumonolysis
v
(surgery) To carry out mechanical nucleofracture prior to phacoemulsification in cataract surgery.
n
(surgery) A synthetic monofilament nonabsorbable polypropylene suture
n
(surgery) surgery to the iris of the eye that changes the shape of the pupil
v
To reinject air into an eye in order to correct retinal detachment
n
(surgery) A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.
n
(surgery) Removal of a cataract by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.
n
(obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.
n
(surgery) An instrument used to reposition a displaced organ
n
Synonym of pulmonologist
n
(surgery) fastening of a retinal tear
n
(surgery) A tool for retrieving materials from the body after an operation.
n
(surgery) An ophthalmologic procedure to repair a detached retina.
n
(surgery) Removal of a sclera (as a treatment for glaucoma)
n
(surgery) plastic surgery of the sclera
n
(surgery) A form of sclerotomy carried out to reduce intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma
n
(surgery) A knife used in sclerotomy
n
(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in the sclera
v
(medical): To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
n
(obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.
n
(surgery) Small forceps used for clamping an artery.
v
(medicine) To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.
n
(geometry, masonry) The cutting or dissection of solids.
n
(medicine) The breaking down of a symblepharon, usually by mechanical means.
n
(surgery) Correction of a synechia
n
(surgery) incision into the eye to correct a synechia
n
(surgery) A small blunt-pointed bistoury used in syringotomy.
n
(surgery) The operation of removing one or more tarsi (plates of connective tissue, one found in each eyelid).
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A surgical procedure in which the eyelids are partially sewn together to narrow the opening.
n
(surgery) The surgical grafting of corneal material in an area where corneal tissue has been lost.
n
(surgery) A slender knife used for tenotomy.
n
(surgery) A surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye's trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures.
n
(surgery) A glaucoma treatment in which small openings are made in the eye's trabecular meshwork.
n
(surgery) The surgical removal of the uterine cervix.
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(medicine) A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.
n
(medicine) A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, f.e. bone or cornea; a trepan.
n
(surgery) An electrodermatome that raises the skin by suction prior to taking a skin graft
n
A medical device used to destroy the venous valves, especially in the GSV, to allow for arterial flow.
n
(surgery) A technique, in cataract surgery, in which the nucleus is delivered using a viscoelastic liquid
n
The injection of artificial lubricants into a joint of the body
adj
(surgery) Describing any viscoelastic material used in eye surgery.
n
(surgery) A tool used to cut the vitreous humour for subsequent removal during a vitrectomy.
n
(surgery) A technique that uses lasers to disrupt floaters in the vitreous humour
n
(surgery) An instrument used in vitrectomy
n
Alteration of the vocal cords by surgery, intended to give the recipient a more youthful-sounding voice.
n
Dissolution of the ciliary zonule, usually in a surgical context, to allow for removal of the lens.
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