aphakia

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun aphakia has 1 sense

aphakia(n = noun.state) - absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts);

CIDE DICTIONARY

aphakia, n. [NL.; Gr. 'a priv. + seed of a lentil.].

An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]