sclerotomy Surg.
(sklɪəˈrɒtəmɪ)
[f. Gr. σκληρό-ς hard (here repr. its derivative sclerotic) + -τοµία cutting.]
Incision into the sclerotic coat of the eye-ball; an operation of this kind.
| 1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. IX. 139 The operation of sclerotomy, as performed in the following cases, is a modification of that proposed by M. Quaglino of Pavia. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 535 A late sufferer from glaucoma, for whom two sclerotomies had been done elsewhere. |