FILTRATION SURGERY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eye surgery that opens a passage allowing excess aqueous humor to drain into surrounding tissues; a treatment for glaucoma

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("filtration surgery" is a kind of...):

eye operation; eye surgery (any surgical procedure involving the eyes)

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