Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
light coagulation
light co·ag·u·la·tion
Subclass of:
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; Hemostatic Techniques; Hemostasis, Surgical
Definitions related to light coagulation:
  • (photocoagulation) Use of a laser to seal off blood vessels.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • The coagulation of tissue by an intense beam of light, including laser (LASER COAGULATION). In the eye it is used in the treatment of retinal detachments, retinal holes, aneurysms, hemorrhages, and malignant and benign neoplasms. (Dictionary of Visual Science, 3d ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (photocoagulation therapy) Therapeutic coagulation of tissue by an intense beam of light, including laser; in the eye it is used in the treatment of retinal detachments, retinal holes, aneurysms, hemorrhages, and malignant and benign neoplasms.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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