reclination
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare French réclinaison.
Noun
[edit]reclination (countable and uncountable, plural reclinations)
- The act of leaning or reclining.
- The angle made by the plane of a dial with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
- (surgery) Removal of a cataract by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “RECLINATION”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC:
- “reclination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.