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IFIS

IFIS is the abbreviation of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome.

Meaning of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome

Noun

intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A complication of cataract extraction, characterized by a flaccid iris that billows in response to ordinary intraocular fluid currents and tends to prolapse towards the area of cataract extraction during surgery.
    Synonyms:
    IFIS

Noun capitalized: IFIs

IFIs

  1. (plural) plural of IFI

Questions about IFIS

What is IFIS the abbreviation of?
IFIS is the abbreviation of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome.
What part of speech is IFIS?
IFIS is a noun.

Words near IFIS in the dictionary

  1. Ifield
  2. ifil
  3. Ifill
  4. Ifills
  5. ifils
  6. IFIS
  7. ifisashi
  8. iflaviral
  9. iflavirus
  10. iflaviruses
  11. IFMA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: IFIS (page history and authors); IFIs (page history and authors); intraoperative floppy iris syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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