Synonym for cyclectomy ... <procedure> Excision of a portion of the ciliary body. ... Synonym: ciliectomy. ... Origin: cyclo-+ G. Ektome, excision ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(sil″e-ek´tә-me) excision of a portion of the ciliary body. excision of the portion of the eyelid containing the roots of the eyelashes.
Type: Term Pronunciation: sil′ē-ek′tō-mē Synonyms: cyclectomy
ciliectomy, cyclectomy Excision, or the surgical removal, of a portion of the ciliary body. The ciliary body refers to the tissue that includes the group of muscles that act on the eye lens to produce accommodation and the arterial circle of the iris.