- cyclodestructive
- Relating to a procedure designed to damage the ciliary body in order to diminish the production of aqueous fluid in patients with glaucoma. See cyclocryotherapy, cyclodiathermy, cyclophotocoagulation.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
cyclodestructive
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