APHAKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aphakia mean? 

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

1. absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APHAKIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

vision defect; visual defect; visual disorder; visual impairment (impairment of the sense of sight)

 Context examples 

Aphakia is mainly congenital or as result of LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION.

(Aphakia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)