EYE SURGERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eye surgery mean? 

• EYE SURGERY (noun)
  The noun EYE SURGERY has 1 sense:

1. any surgical procedure involving the eyes

  Familiarity information: EYE SURGERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYE SURGERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any surgical procedure involving the eyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

eye operation; eye surgery

Hypernyms ("eye surgery" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eye surgery"):

cataract surgery (eye surgery that involves removing all or part of the lens and replacing it with an intraocular lens implant)

cyclodestructive surgery (an eye operation that treats glaucoma by destroying the ciliary body with a laser)

filtration surgery (eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues; a treatment for glaucoma)

iridectomy (an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye)

iridotomy (a surgical procedure that makes an incision in the iris of the eye in order to enlarge the pupil or to treat closed-angle glaucoma)

keratotomy (surgical incision into the cornea)

E-LASIK; LASEK; laser-assisted subepithelial keratomileusis (a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea)

laser trabecular surgery (eye surgery that makes many tiny laser burns in an area that will increase the drainage of aqueous humor)

laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis; LASIK (a refractive surgery procedure that reshapes the cornea)

vitrectomy (a surgical procedure that removes the vitreous humor and replace it with saline solution)

 Context examples 

There are different types of laser eye surgery.

(Laser Eye Surgery, NIH)

Laser eye surgery reshapes the cornea, the clear front part of the eye.

(Laser Eye Surgery, NIH)

Only your eye doctor can tell if you are a good candidate for laser eye surgery.

(Laser Eye Surgery, NIH)

For many people, laser eye surgery can correct their vision so they no longer need glasses or contact lenses.

(Laser Eye Surgery, NIH)