CATARACT SURGERY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cataract surgery" is a kind of...):

eye operation; eye surgery (any surgical procedure involving the eyes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cataract surgery"):

intracapsular surgery (cataract surgery in which the entire lens is removed)

extracapsular surgery (cataract surgery in which only the front of the lens is removed; the back of the lens capsule remains intact and provides support for the lens implant)

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