Definition of "iridectomy" [ir•i•dec•to•my]

• Surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye. (noun)

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• "Late or secondary infection, not unknown following iridectomy, may follow the trephine operation, and already some fifteen or sixteen cases have been reported."
• "This being the case one cannot truthfully say that trephining alone can take the place of the old Graefe iridectomy."
• "Even then the permanent results of the iridectomy will be modified in proportion to the success secured in freeing the filtration angle and opening Schlemm's canal by thorough removal of the root of the iris."