A*pha"ki*a (#), n. [NL.; Gr. priv. + seed of a lentil.] Med.

An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses.

Dunglison.

 

© Webster 1913.

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