PHOTOCOAGULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photocoagulation mean? 

• PHOTOCOAGULATION (noun)
  The noun PHOTOCOAGULATION has 1 sense:

1. surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina

  Familiarity information: PHOTOCOAGULATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOTOCOAGULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("photocoagulation" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)