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disinsertion

disinsertion noun: a tear (rupture) near the periphery of the retina.

Noun

disinsertion (plural disinsertions)

  1. A tear (rupture) near the periphery of the retina.
    • While disinsertions are probably due to peripheral cystic degeneration of the retina or to peripheral degenerative chorio-retinitis, traumatic tears which appear in the pre-equatorial zone may simulate disinsertions.1944, Edmund Benjamin Spaeth, The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Surgery, page 796

Forms of disinsertion

pluraldisinsertions

Origin of disinsertion

From dis- + insertion.

Questions about disinsertion

What does disinsertion mean?
Disinsertion means a tear (rupture) near the periphery of the retina.
What part of speech is disinsertion?
Disinsertion is a noun.
What is the plural of disinsertion?
The plural of disinsertion is disinsertions.

Words near disinsertion in the dictionary

  1. disinsectizes
  2. disinsectizing
  3. disinsects
  4. disinsert
  5. disinserted
  6. disinsertion
  7. disinsertions
  8. disinserts
  9. disinsure
  10. disinsured
  11. disinsures

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