(botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
“Stiffness or loss of motion may be the major symptom in patients with adhesive capsulitis, dislocation or glenohumeral joint arthritis.”
“Adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder, results from thickening and contraction of the capsule around the glenohumeral joint and causes loss of motion and pain.”
“Exclusion criteria included suspicion of adhesive capsulitis, recent fracture of the shoulder, recent shoulder surgery and osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint.”
“All of the children had previously undergone manual anterior capsulorhexis, irrigation and aspiration of cataracts, posterior capsulectomy, and anterior vitrectomy.”
“The initial limbal incision is still performed with a keratome, but the femtosecond laser is being used in cataract surgery to perform the capsulorhexis and nucleofractis.”
capsulectomy
(surgery) The removal of a capsule, especially one that surrounds an implant
“All of the children had previously undergone manual anterior capsulorhexis, irrigation and aspiration of cataracts, posterior capsulectomy, and anterior vitrectomy.”