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phacoanaphylaxis Ophthalm.|ˌfækəʊænəfɪˈlæksɪs| Also phako-. [mod.L., f. Gr. ϕακό-ς lentil + anaphylaxis.] Allergic reaction to protein released from the crystalline lens of the eye.
[1922Verhoeff & Lemoine in Trans. Internat. Congr. Ophthalm. 274 Certain individuals are hypersensitive to lens protein... When in such individuals rupture of the lens capsule takes place through injury or operation or spontaneously, a characteristic inflammatory reaction may properly be termed endopthalmitis phacoanaphylactica.] 1948Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalm. XXXI. 1006/2 Verhoeff and Lemoine conceived the idea of phacoanaphylaxis in order to explain the postoperative inflammatory reaction of the eyes with extracapsular extraction. 1962D. G. Cogan in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism Rel. Cataract 291 The lens..becomes invaded by polymorphonuclear cells, especially in the immunological reactions known as phakoanaphylaxis. 1964Arch. Ophthalm. LXXII. 14/2 Sympathetic ophthalmia and phacoanaphylaxis are both manifestations of autoimmune reactions, the former to uveal pigment and the latter to lens protein. So ˌphacoanaphyˈlactic a., of, pertaining to, or involving phacoanaphylaxis.
1922Trans. Internat. Congr. Ophthalm. 280 Intraocular inflammation resulting from rupture of a Morcagnian cataract is not usually phacoanaphylactic in nature. 1966Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalm. LXI. 1431/1 The phacoanaphylactic reaction was seen in full bloom. |