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Definition: Aphakia |
AphakiaNoun1. Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Aphakia \A*pha"ki*a\, noun. [NL.; Greek 'a priv. seed of lentil.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Absence of crystalline lens totally or partially from field of vision, from any cause except after cataract extraction. Aphakia is mainly congenital or as result of lens dislocation and subluxation. (references) |
Medicine | Absence of the crystalline lens of the eye; due most frequently to surgical removal, occasionally to a perforating wound or ulcer, rarely to a congenital anomaly. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The condition in which the lens is absent from the dioptric system. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Aphakia |
| English words defined with "aphakia": Aphakial, aphakic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aphakia": Aphakia, Postcataract ♦ cataract lenses. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aphakia | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aphakia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | aphakie (aphacia), absence de cristallin (aphacia). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Aphakie (aphacia). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aphakiaay afaquia (aphacia). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-h-i-k-p" | |
-2 letters: haika. | |
-3 letters: haik, kapa, kaph, paik, pika. | |
-4 letters: aah, aha, hap, hip, khi, kip, pah, phi, pia. | |
-5 letters: aa, ah, ai, ha, hi, ka, pa, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-h-i-k-p" | |
+4 letters: apparatchik. | |
+5 letters: apparatchiki, apparatchiks. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 70 68 61 6B 69 61 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. .... .- -.- .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110000 01101000 01100001 01101011 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A p h a k i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0070 0068 0061 006B 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35827467777567 |
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French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francés |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, alemán |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | espagnol, spanisch, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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