Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Relating to or affected by aphakia: Describes a condition or state characterized by the absence of the eye's natural lens.
   • Lacking the crystalline lens of the eye: Pertaining to an eye from which the lens has been removed or is congenitally missing.

2. Noun:

   • A person affected by aphakia: An individual whose eyes lack the natural crystalline lenses.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The patient underwent surgery and now has an aphakic eye.
  • Aphakic vision requires strong corrective lenses.
• Noun:
  • The ophthalmologist specializes in fitting contact lenses for aphakics.
  • As an aphakic, she relies on special glasses for clear vision.

Advanced Usage

• "Aphakic correction": The use of glasses, contact lenses, or intraocular lenses to compensate for the missing natural lens.
  • Intraocular lens implantation is a common method of aphakic correction.
• "Aphakic glaucoma": A type of glaucoma that can occur following cataract removal.
  • The patient was monitored for signs of aphakic glaucoma.

Variants and Related Words

• Aphakia (n): The medical condition of being without the natural lens of the eye.
  • Cataract surgery typically results in aphakia.
• Pseudophakic (adj): Relating to an eye in which the natural lens has been replaced with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL).
  • A pseudophakic eye contains an artificial lens implant.

Synonyms

• Lensless (adj): Lacking a lens (less common, more general term).
• (For the noun): Individual with aphakia, lens-deficient patient.

Related Phrases

• "Aphakic spectacles": Thick, high-power glasses prescribed for someone with aphakia.
  • He found his new aphakic spectacles to be very heavy.
• "Aphakic refraction": The process of determining the correct lens power needed for an eye without its natural lens.
  • The optometrist performed an aphakic refraction.

Adjective

1. of or relating to or afflicted with aphakia

Noun

1. someone afflicted by aphakia; someone lacking the natural lenses of the eyes