Photocoagulation

Definition: Photocoagulation

Photocoagulation

Noun

1. Surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina.

Specialty Definitions: Photocoagulation

Domain	Definitions
Health	Using a special strong beam of light (laser) to seal off bleeding blood vessels such as in the eye. The laser can also burn away blood vessels that should not have grown in the eye. This is the main treatment for diabetic retinopathy. (references)
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Commercial Usage: Photocoagulation

Domain	Title
Books	Laser Photocoagulation of Retinal Disease from the International Laser Symposium of the MacUla (reference) Laser Treatment and Photocoagulation of the Eye: Proceedings of the International Symposium, Munich, F.R.G., September 16-18, 1982 (Documenta , V) (reference) Photocoagulation in Glaucoma and Anterior Segment Disease (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Photocoagulation

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Laser photocoagulation usually does not restore lost vision. (references)
		The only proven treatment for OHS is a form of laser surgery called photocoagulation. (references)
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Usage Frequency: Photocoagulation

"Photocoagulation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Photocoagulation" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Photocoagulation

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.

Modern Translations: Photocoagulation

Language		Translations for "photocoagulation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		fotokoagulation. (various references)

Dutch		fotocoagulatie. (various references)

French		photocoagulation. (various references)

German		Lichtkaustik. (various references)

Greek		φωτοπηξία. (various references)

Italian		fotocoagulazione. (various references)

Pig Latin		otocoagulationphay

Portuguese		fotocoagulação. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations: Photocoagulation

Derivations
	Words beginning with "photocoagulation": photocoagulations. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: Photocoagulation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-h-i-l-n-o-o-o-o-p-t-t-u"
	-5 letters: catapulting, coagulation, potlatching.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-h-i-l-n-o-o-o-o-p-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: photocoagulations.
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