sclerectomy

[ skli-rek-tuh-mee ]

noun

, Surgery.

, plural scle·rec·to·mies.

1. excision of part of the sclera.
2. removal of the adhesions formed in the middle ear during chronic otitis media.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sclerectomy¹

scler- + -ectomy

Example Sentences

I have seen even in America not a few people blind in both eyes who might have retained the sight of the second eye had the surgeon advised a double sclerectomy when he first saw the case, despite the fact that the second eye was then to all appearances non-glaucomatous.

From Project Gutenberg

In cases of high tension, even a simple sclerectomy will allow ample filtration, owing to the gaping of the wound, while in cases without elevation of the tension, sclerectomy will be quite ineffectual.

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