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The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.

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  1. n. The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
  2. n. an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye
  3. The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
  4. The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris inorder to form an artificial pupil.
  5. n an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye