EXTRACAPSULAR SURGERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extracapsular surgery mean? 

• EXTRACAPSULAR SURGERY (noun)
  The noun EXTRACAPSULAR SURGERY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: EXTRACAPSULAR SURGERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTRACAPSULAR SURGERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

cataract surgery (eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant)

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

phacoemulsification (extracapsular surgery for cataracts in which ultrasonic sound breaks the cortex and nucleus of the lens into small fragments that are then vacuumed away through a small tube)