The surgical removal of all organs and soft tissue in a body cavity, usually to arrest the growth of a cancer. It is sometimes used in ophthalmology when the eye and the contents of the eye orbit are removed.
n. (in ophthalmology) an operation in which all the contents of the eye socket (orbit) are removed, leaving only the bony walls intact. The bone is covered by a skin graft. This operation is sometimes necessary when there is a malignant tumour in the orbit.
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