Associations to the word «Iridectomy»

Wiktionary

IRIDECTOMY, noun. (surgery) Removal of part or all of the iris of the eye

Dictionary definition

IRIDECTOMY, noun. An eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats