discission

[dih-sish-uhn]

dis·cis·sion

[dih-sish-uhn]
noun Ophthalmology.
an incision of the lens of the eye, as for removal of cataract.

Origin:
1640–50; < Late Latin dīscissiōn- (stem of dīscissiō) division, separation, equivalent to Latin dīsciss(us) torn apart, past participle of dīscindere (dī- di-2 + scissus torn) + -iōn- -ion; see scission
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Discission is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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discission (dɪsˈsɪʒən)
 
n
med surgical incision, esp of a cataract

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discission dis·cis·sion (dĭ-sĭzh'ən)
n.

  1. The incision of or cutting through a part.

  2. An operation for soft cataracts in which the crystalline capsule is opened and the substance of the crystalline lens is broken up to allow it to be absorbed.

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