iridotomy
(aɪərɪˈdɒtəmɪ, ɪrɪ-)
[f. irido- + Gr. -τοµία cutting; cf. lithotomy. Cf. F. iridotomie (Littré).]
Section of the iris.
| 1855 in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1876 Clin. Soc. Trans. IX. 3 M. de Wecker of Paris..endeavoured to improve Mr. Bowman's operation by one which he called ‘iridotomy’. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 363 Double iridotomy is applicable to cases of closed pupil after cataract extraction. |
So iˈridotome, ‘a knife devised by Sichel for excising the iris’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).