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Ophthalm.a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract. Also called permanent lens. Cf. contact lens.
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Universalium. 2010.
intraocular lens
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Intraocular lens — An intraocular lens (IOL) is an implanted lens in the eye, usually replacing the existing crystalline lens because it has been clouded over by a cataract, or as a form of refractive surgery to change the eye s optical power. It usually consists… … Wikipedia
Intraocular lens — The clouded (cataractous) lens is best removed in its entirety by surgery and replaced with an intraocular lens (IOL) made of plastic, an operation that takes about an hour and usually does not need hospitalization. Cataract surgery was first… … Medical dictionary
intraocular lens — noun an artificial lens that is implanted into the eye of someone to replace a damaged natural lens or someone who has had a cataract removed • Hypernyms: ↑lens, ↑lense, ↑lens system * * * Ophthalm. a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace… … Useful english dictionary
intraocular — [in΄trə äk′yo͞o lər] adj. located within, or surgically implanted into, an eyeball [intraocular pressure, intraocular lens] … English World dictionary
Intraocular — In the eye. The intraocular pressure is the pressure within the eye. * * * Within the eyeball. * * * in·tra·oc·u·lar .in trə äk yə lər, (.)trä adj implanted in, occurring within, or administered by entering the eyeball <intraocular… … Medical dictionary
Lens, intraocular — The clouded (cataractous) lens is best removed in its entirety by surgery and replaced with an intraocular lens (IOL) made of plastic, an operation that takes about an hour and usually does not need hospitalization. Cataract surgery was first… … Medical dictionary
Lens (anatomy) — Crystalline lens (anatomy) Light from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought to a focus by changing the curvature of the lens … Wikipedia
intraocular — adj. of or relating to the area within the eyeball. An intraocular lens implant is a plastic lens placed inside the eye after cataract extraction to replace the natural lens … The new mediacal dictionary
lens system — noun a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images • Syn: ↑lens, ↑lense • Hypernyms: ↑optical device • Hyponyms: ↑anastigmat, ↑anastigmatic lens, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Lens — The transparent structure inside the eye that focuses light rays onto the retina (the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light and creates impulses that go through the optic nerve to the brain). The lens was named after the lentil … Medical dictionary
