lens implant

Questions about lens implant

What does lens implant mean?

lens implant means "a clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye; usually done when the natural lens has been removed in a cataract operation".

What is another word for lens implant?

Close synonyms include interocular lens implant, IOL. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lens implant a common word?

lens implant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lens implant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.