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buckling
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buckling /buck·ling/ (buk´ling) the process or an instance of becoming crumpled or warped.
scleral buckling  a technique for repair of a detached retina, in which indentations or infoldings of the sclera are made over the tears in the retina to promote adherence of the retina to the choroid.

buckling,
n the crowding of anterior teeth in the dental arch.

buckling
the process or an instance of becoming crumpled or warped.

scleral buckling
a technique for repair of detachment of the retina, in which indentations or infoldings of the sclera are made over the tears in the retina so as to promote adherence of the retina to the choroid.

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