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photocoagulation
[foh-toh-koh-ag-yuh-ley-shuhn]
noun
a surgical technique using an intense beam of light from a laser or a xenon-arc bulb to seal blood vessels or coagulate tissue, used primarily in ophthalmology to repair detached retinas or to treat certain kinds of retinopathy.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- photocoagulative adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of photocoagulation1
1960–65; photo- + coagulation ( def. )
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They were randomly assigned to receive Eylea or macular laser photocoagulation, a laser treatment that burns small areas of the retina.
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Eylea treatment was compared with laser photocoagulation, a type of laser surgery in which leaky blood vessels in the eye are cauterized to stop the leakage that leads to vision loss.
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