"capsulotomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: capsulotomies [plural]
Etymology: capsule + -otomy Etymology templates: {{affix|en|capsule|-otomy}} capsule + -otomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} capsulotomy (plural capsulotomies)
  1. (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts Wikipedia link: capsulotomy Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-capsulotomy-en-noun-A1Vszf5h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -otomy Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

Inflected forms

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