viscoexpression

English

Etymology

visco- +‎ expression

Noun

viscoexpression (countable and uncountable, plural viscoexpressions)

  1. (surgery) A technique, in cataract surgery, in which the nucleus is delivered using a viscoelastic liquid
    • 2015 July 21, Aditya Kelkar et al., “Sutureless, Glueless, Scleral Fixation of Single-Piece and Toric Intraocular Lens: A Novel Technique”, in Case Reports in Ophthalmology‎, volume 6, →DOI:
      The nucleus was delivered through viscoexpression.
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