photodisrupt

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ disrupt.

Verb

photodisrupt (third-person singular simple present photodisrupts, present participle photodisrupting, simple past and past participle photodisrupted)

1. To cause photodisruption
   • 2002, Martin E. Fermann, Ultrafast Lasers: Technology and Applications, page 748:

     The best example of such an application is posterior capsulotomy, performed to photodisrupt the opacity that develops in the optical path, behind the plastic intraocular lens, after cataract surgery (Steinert and Puliafito, 1985).