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vitreolysis

vitreolysis noun: a technique that uses lasers to disrupt floaters in the vitreous humour.

Noun

vitreolysis (uncountable)

  1. A technique that uses lasers to disrupt floaters in the vitreous humour

Origin of vitreolysis

From vitreo- + -lysis.

Questions about vitreolysis

What does vitreolysis mean?
Vitreolysis means a technique that uses lasers to disrupt floaters in the vitreous humour.
What part of speech is vitreolysis?
Vitreolysis is a noun.

Words near vitreolysis in the dictionary

  1. vitreofoveal
  2. vitreograph
  3. vitreographic
  4. vitreographs
  5. vitreography
  6. vitreolysis
  7. vitreomacular
  8. vitreomacular adhesion
  9. vitreomacular adhesions
  10. vitreopapillary
  11. vitreopathies

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