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photocoagulator

[¦fōd·ō·kō′ag·yə‚lād·ər]
(medicine)
An instrument that uses a xenon flash lamp and an associated train of optics to focus an intense beam of light on a detached retina for the purpose of inducing coagulation and a lesion that welds the retina back into position.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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