capsulotomyn.
/kapsjuːˈlɒtəmi/ Surgery.
The incision of a capsule, spec. that of the lens of the eye in an operation for cataract.
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couching1743
reclination1820
strabotomy1844
iridectomy1855
iridotomy1855
iridodesis1858
enucleation1867
peritomy1869
syndectomy1869
iridodialysis1876
sclerotomy1876
capsulotomy1877
needling1879
evisceration1883
cyclodialysis1908
vitrectomy1968
1877 Arch. Ophthalmol. & Otology 6 550 The peripheric capsulotomy may lessen the danger still attending Graefe's method of extraction.
1907 Practitioner Dec. 778 The operation of capsulotomy for some cases of acute nephritis with threatened suppression of urine.
1969 S. Duke-Elder Syst. Ophthalmol. XI. i. iii. 272 The subsequent capsulotomy which is required if the posterior capsule remains intact should be undertaken soon after the eye has become quiet.
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