Crossword-Solution: IRIDECTOMY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Iridectomy | n. | The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| IRIDECTOMY | anagram | MEDIOCRITY |
We have 3 clues for the answer “IRIDECTOMY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| IRIS, excision of part of the | 1 answer |
| Removal of part of iris of the eye | 1 answer |
| excision (of part of iris) | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with IRIDECTOMY (5)
Iridectomy was performed, and after over sixty years of total blindness his sight was restored; color-perception was good.
Berncastle mentions a case of extraction of double cataract and double iridectomy for occluded pupils, which, after thirty years of blindness, resulted in the recovery of good sight.
What operative procedure gives, on the whole, the best results? In other words, what operation is the easiest of performance, is the least likely to be attended by serious complications and is available for the largest number of cases? Reasons for believing that of the better known procedures simple iridectomy is the least effective, while those interventions producing a large, thin, scleral filtration-cicatrix are the most valuable.
Laqueur's case continued of this character for six years, under the use of miotics, and then was cured by iridectomy, the cure remaining permanent with normal vision until his death after 30 years.
After iridectomy the attacks ceased, leaving no pathological cupping of the disc, full vision, and a good field.