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scleral buckle

scleral buckle noun: an ophthalmologic procedure to repair a detached retina.

Noun

scleral buckle (plural scleral buckles)

  1. An ophthalmologic procedure to repair a detached retina.

Forms of scleral buckle

pluralscleral buckles

Questions about scleral buckle

What does scleral buckle mean?
Scleral buckle means an ophthalmologic procedure to repair a detached retina.
What part of speech is scleral buckle?
Scleral buckle is a noun.
What is the plural of scleral buckle?
The plural of scleral buckle is scleral buckles.

Words near scleral buckle in the dictionary

  1. scleractinid
  2. scleractinids
  3. sclerae
  4. scleragogy
  5. scleral
  6. scleral buckle
  7. scleral buckles
  8. scleralization
  9. scleralizations
  10. scleras
  11. scleratize

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