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Webster 1913 Edition


Aphakia

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A-pha′ki-a

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Noun.
[NL.; Gr.
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] seed of a lentil.]
(Med.)
An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.
Dunglison.