panretinophotocoagulation
A laser-based ophthalmic procedure in which photocoagulation is applied across a wide…A laser-based ophthalmic procedure in which photocoagulation is applied across a wide area of the retina to ablate abnormal or ischemic retinal tissue, commonly used to treat proliferative retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A laser-based ophthalmic procedure in which photocoagulation is applied across a wide area of the retina to ablate abnormal or ischemic retinal tissue, commonly used to treat proliferative retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy.
Origin
From pan- + retino- + photocoagulation.From pan- + retino- + photocoagulation.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable