phacoemulsification
C2CEFR level
98/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
The standard cataract operation in which ultrasound breaks up the cloudy lens so it can be removed and replaced with an implant.
She underwent uncomplicated phacoemulsification with insertion of a monofocal intraocular lens.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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