English Explanatory Dictionary

trabeculectomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye's trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures.

Word forms

trabeculectomy trabeculectomies

Etymology

From trabecula + -ectomy.

Related words

trabeculectomize trabeculotomy

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