Aphakia

Aphakia
Absence or loss of the eye's natural crystalline lens, as after cataract removal. From a-, without + phacos, the Greek word for a lentil bean. The ancients thought (quite correctly) that the lens of the eye was shaped like a lentil bean.
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Absence of the lens of the eye. [G. a- priv. + phakos, lentil, anything shaped like a lentil]

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apha·kia ə-'fā-kē-ə, a- n absence of the crystalline lens of the eye also the resulting anomalous state of refraction

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n.
absence of the lens of the eye: the state of the eye after a cataract has been removed when no intraocular lens has been inserted.
aphakic adj.

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apha·kia (ə-faґke-ə) [a-1 + phak- + -ia] absence of the lens of the eye; it may occur congenitally or from trauma, but is most commonly caused by extraction of a cataract. aphacic aphakic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • aphakia — aphakic, aphacic /euh fay sik/, aphacial /euh fay sheuhl/, adj. /euh fay kee euh/, n. Ophthalm. lack or loss of the lens of the eye. Also, aphacia /euh fay sheuh, shee euh, see euh/. [1860 65; < NL, equiv. to a A 6 + Gk phak(ós) lentil (for sense …   Universalium

  • aphakia — noun the absence of the lens of the eye …   Wiktionary

  • aphakia — n. absence of the natural lens of the eye …   English contemporary dictionary

  • aphakia — apha·kia …   English syllables

  • aphakia — n. absence of the lens of the eye: the state of the eye after a cataract has been removed when no intraocular lens has been inserted. Derivatives: aphakic adj …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • aphakia — noun absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts) • Hypernyms: ↑visual impairment, ↑visual defect, ↑vision defect, ↑visual disorder …   Useful english dictionary

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