iridencleisis
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iridencleisis
[ir″ĭ-den-kli´sis]surgical incarceration of a slip of the iris within a corneal or limbal incision to act as a wick for aqueous drainage in glaucoma.
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ir·i·den·clei·sis
(ir'i-den-klī'sis),The incarceration of a portion of the iris by corneoscleral incision in glaucoma to effect filtration between the anterior chamber and subconjunctival space.
[irido- + G. enkleiō, to shut in]
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ir·i·den·clei·sis
(ir'i-den-klī'sis)The incarceration of a portion of the iris by corneoscleral incision in glaucoma to effect filtration between the anterior chamber and subconjunctival space.
[irido- + G. enkleiō, to shut in]
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