Aphacia

/əˈfeɪʃə/ noun

A medical condition involving the absence or deficiency of the lens in the eye (the same as aphakia, an alternative spelling).

From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'phakos' (lentil, used to describe the eye lens due to its shape). The term emerged in 19th-century ophthalmological medicine.

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