See Also: phaco-(medicine)
phaco-(dictionary)

phaco- (iou)



phaco- combining form.
[from Greek phakos lentil, wart: see -O-.]
Lens; lenticular.
phacoanaphy'lactic adjective (Medicine) of, pertaining to, or involving phacoanaphylaxis E20.
phacoanaphy'laxis noun (Medicine) allergic reaction to protein released from the crystalline lens of the eye M20.
phacolite noun (a) Mineralogy a colourless variety of chabazite occurring as crystals of lenticular form; (b) Geology a phacolith: M19.
phacolith noun (Geology) an intrusive mass of igneous rock situated between strata at the top of an anticline or the bottom of a syncline E20.