aphakian.
/əˈfeɪkɪə/ Pathology.
Absence of the crystalline lens of the eye.
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sclerotitis1829
hyalitis1847
hyaloiditis1854
retinochoroiditis1863
aphakia1864
iridochoroiditis1874
choroiditis1878
scleritis1879
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of eyes
walleye1585
microphthalmy1721
microphthalmos1845
feather1847
cyclopia1849
heterophthalmy1854
irideremia1855
aniridia1860
aphakia1864
heterochromia1889
microphthalmia1890
anisocoria1902
hypertelorism1924
1864 W. D. Moore tr. F. C. Donders On Anomalies Accomm. & Refraction of Eye ii. 84 Of the disturbances in the lenticular system the condition of total absence of the lens, which I have termed aphakia, comes almost exclusively under observation.
1874 Dunglison's Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) Aphakia, an anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract.
Derivatives
aˈphakic adj. and n.
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aphakic1889
the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of eye
wall-eyeda1400
wolden-eiȝeda1400
ringle-eyed1586
feather-eyeda1640
silver-eyed1695
cyclopian1839
aphakic1889
heterochromic1911
1889 Cent. Dict. Aphakic, adj.
1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 559 Dazzled and dazed the scientific mind is at present like the aphakic, suddenly brought to see, but not recognizing or knowing what he sees.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) viii. 92 The retinal image of the aphakic eye is about a quarter larger than the emmetropic retinal image.
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