vitrectomize

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verb

To carry out vitrectomy upon.

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Meanings

verbvitrectomize (third-person singular simple present vitrectomizes, present participle vitrectomizing, simple past and past participle vitrectomized)

present singular third person vitrectomizes · participle present vitrectomizing · participle past vitrectomized · past vitrectomized

  1. To carry out vitrectomy upon.

    Future studies could evaluate the posterior lens pole movement during accommodation in phakic vitrectomized eyes of children or young adults (i.e., nonpresbyopic individuals) to clarify the role of vitreous in accommodation.

    2015 July 6, Mahmoud Mohamed Farouk et al., “Optical Coherence Tomography Reveals New Insights into the Accommodation Mechanism”, in Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From vitrectomy + -ize.

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Chicago

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