trabeculectomy

trabecula +‎ -ectomy

• Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

trabeculectomy (usually uncountable, plural trabeculectomies)

1. (surgery) A surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye's trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures.

• trabeculectomize
• trabeculotomy