disinsertion

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ insertion.

Noun

disinsertion (plural disinsertions)

  1. A tear (rupture) near the periphery of the retina.
    • 1944, Edmund Benjamin Spaeth, The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Surgery, page 796:
      While disinsertions are probably due to peripheral cystic degeneration of the retina or to peripheral degenerative chorio-retinitis, traumatic tears which appear in the pre-equatorial zone may simulate disinsertions.