phaco-

phaco-
1. Lens-shaped, relating to a lens; 2. Birthmark; as in phacomatosis. [G. phakos, lentil (lens), anything shaped like a lentil]

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prefix denoting
the lens of the eye.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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