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Definition of Lens implant
1. Noun. A clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye; usually done when the natural lens has been removed in a cataract operation.
Specialized synonyms: Accommodating Iol, Accommodating Lens Implant, Monofocal Iol, Monofocal Lens Implant, Multifocal Iol, Multifocal Lens Implant
Generic synonyms: Implant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lens Implant
Literary usage of Lens implant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bound for Good Health: A Collection of Age Pages (1993)
"After surgery, vision is restored by using special eyeglasses or contact lenses
or by having an intraocular lens implant (a plastic lens that is implanted ..."
2. Patient Power: Choice for a Better NHS by Peter Lilley (2000)
"... removal with a lens implant —was £699 in 1998. Yet costs in NHS hospitals
range from £337 to £1 ,659. Similarly, the cost of a primary hip replacement ..."
3. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"Cataract extraction with lens implant (pseudophakia) or without (aphakia) is a
frequent occurrence in people with diabetes. In prevalence data from the ..."
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