Absence or loss of the eye's natural crystalline lens, as after cataract removal. From a-, without + phacos, the Greek word for a lentil bean. The ancients thought (quite correctly) that the lens of the eye was shaped like a lentil bean.

The absence of a lens, as in an eye.

n. a condition where the lens is missing from the eye, a condition that may either be congenital orarise as the result of disease, injury, or some type of surgery.

(ay-FAY-kee-uh). Absence of the eye's crystalline lens, such as after cataract extraction.

(n) absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts)

The absence of the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually after cataract removal.

Absence of Crystalline Lens totally or partially from field of Vision, from any cause except after Cataract Extraction. Aphakia is mainly congenital or as result of LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION.

Absence of the Crystalline Lens resulting from Cataract Extraction.

Absence of crystalline lens totally or partially from field of vision, from any cause except after cataract extraction. Aphakia is mainly congenital or as result of LENS DISLOCATION AND SUBLUXATION.

Absence of the crystalline lens resulting from cataract extraction.

<clinical sign> <ophthalmology> The loss or absence of the lens of an eye. (09 Oct 1997)

Absence of the crystalline lens resulting from cataract extraction. (12 Dec 1998)