iridodesis Surg.
(aɪərɪˈdɒdɪsɪs)
Also 9 erron. iriddesis, iridesis.
[f. Gr. ἶρις, ἰριδ- (irido-) + δέσις binding.]
An operation in which the iris is secured in a certain position by a ligature.
| 1858 Critchett in Ophthal. Hosp. Rep. I. 220 Iriddesis: or the formation of Artificial pupil by tying the iris. Ibid. 225, I feel satisfied that this twofold object could not have been attained in any other way than by Iriddesis. 1859 Dixon Dis. Eye (ed. 2) 370 Mr. Critchett has very recently proposed an operation, which he terms ‘Iriddesis’ (Iridodesis?). 1874 Lawson Dis. Eye 94 By iridodesis of ligature of the iris. 1875 H. Walton Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 587 Iriddesis..differs from the last described merely in the pupil not being entirely lost. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 364 By ligature, Iridodesis, or Iridesis. |