| NOUN | act | eye operation, eye surgery | any surgical procedure involving the eyes |
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| Meaning | Any surgical procedure involving the eyes. | |
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| Synonym | eye surgery | |
| Narrower | cataract surgery | eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant |
| cyclodestructive surgery | An eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser | |
| filtration surgery | eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues | |
| iridectomy | An eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye | |
| iridotomy | A surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma | |
| keratotomy | surgical incision into the cornea | |
| laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, LASIK | A refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea | |
| laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis, LASEK, E-LASIK | A refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea | |
| laser trabecular surgery | eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor | |
| vitrectomy | A surgical procedure that removes the vitreous humor and replace it with saline solution | |
| Broader | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
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