A surgical procedure involving the cutting or removal of the pupil or central part of the iris in the eye, historically used to restore sight.
From 'core' (the pupil) + '-tomy' (from Greek 'tome' meaning cut or incision). An archaic medical procedure from centuries of eye surgery.
Coretomy represents an incredible moment in medical history—when surgeons, unable to remove cataracts, instead created artificial pupils by cutting the iris to let light past the clouded lens.
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