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cryoextraction
Removal of cataracts by the adhesion of a freezing probe to the lens; now rarely done.
It is accomplished with an instrument (cryoprobe) whose extremely cold tip forms an adhesion (iceball) with the lens, thus permitting removal of the lens.
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cryo-, cry-, kryo-, kry-
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tra-, tract-, trac-, -tractive, -traction, -tracting, treat-, trai-
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