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Noun: aphakia  u'fey-kee-u
  1. Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts)
    "After cataract surgery, the patient's aphakia was corrected with an artificial lens implant"

Type of: vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment

Encyclopedia: Aphakia