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Aphakia

Absence or loss of the eye's natural crystalline lens, as after cataract removal. From a-, without + phacos, the Greek word for a lentil bean. The ancients thought (quite correctly) that the lens of the eye was shaped like a lentil bean.

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Absence of the lens of the eye. [G. a- priv. + phakos, lentil, anything shaped like a lentil]

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apha·kia ə-'fā-kē-ə, a- n absence of the crystalline lens of the eye also the resulting anomalous state of refraction

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absence of the lens of the eye: the state of the eye after a cataract has been removed when no intraocular lens has been inserted.

• aphakic adj.

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apha·kia (ə-faґke-ə) [a-¹ + phak- + -ia] absence of the lens of the eye; it may occur congenitally or from trauma, but is most commonly caused by extraction of a cataract. aphacic aphakic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.