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phaco

phaco is the clipping of phacoemulsification.

Meaning of phacoemulsification

Noun

phacoemulsification (countable and uncountable, plural phacoemulsifications)

  1. A form of cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution, thus maintaining the anterior chamber, as well as cooling the handpiece.

Questions about phaco

What is phaco the clipping of?
Phaco is the clipping of phacoemulsification.

Words near phaco in the dictionary

  1. phacellate
  2. phacelli
  3. phacellus
  4. phaceloid
  5. phacidiaceous
  6. phaco
  7. phaco-
  8. phacoanaphylactic
  9. phacoanaphylaxis
  10. phacochere
  11. phacocheres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phaco (page history and authors); phacoemulsification (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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