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cryoextraction

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cryoextraction /cryo·ex·trac·tion/ (kri″o-eks-trak´shun) application of extremely low temperature for the removal of a cataractous lens.
cry·o·ex·trac·tion (kr-k-strkshn)
n.
The removal of a cataract by the adhesion of a freezing probe to the lens.

cryoextraction [kri″o-eks-trak´shun]
application of extremely low temperature for the removal of a lens that has a cataract.

cryoextraction
use of a cryoprobe to form an attachment to the lens in an intracapsular lens removal.


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