laser trabecular surgery
- noun
- /ˈleɪzər trəˈbɛkjələr ˈsɜrʤəri/
- Specialized
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cirugía trabecular con láser
- The doctor recommended laser trabecular surgery to help reduce the pressure in my eye.
Examples
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After undergoing laser trabecular surgery, many glaucoma patients experience improved fluid drainage.
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New advancements in laser trabecular surgery have made the procedure safer and more effective.
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Dr. Smith performed a laser trabecular surgery yesterday.
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Many patients have benefited from laser trabecular surgeries.
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After undergoing laser trabecular surgery, many glaucoma patients experience improved fluid drainage.
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The doctor recommended laser trabecular surgery to help reduce the pressure in my eye.
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New advancements in laser trabecular surgery have made the procedure safer and more effective.
Synonyms
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3.9
A medical operation on the eye to fix sight problems
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3.4
A surgery on the eye to fix vision or treat eye problems
A surgery that makes a small opening in the eye to let fluid drain and lower eye pressure
How Invasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
laser + trabecular + surgery
The term is fully compositional: it denotes a surgical procedure ('surgery') that uses a laser ('laser') on trabecular tissue ('trabecular'), so the meaning follows directly from the constituents rather than being idiomatic. This is a technical medical compound rather than a figurative expression, so a learner who knows the specialized adjective 'trabecular' will readily infer the full meaning.
Etymology
Laser trabecular surgery names a treatment where a laser makes many tiny burns in the eye's trabecular mesh so the eye fluid can flow out more easily. That's why the procedure 'reduces eye pressure' and is used 'to treat glaucoma'.