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sics | phacoemulsification |

As a verb sics

is (sic).

As a noun phacoemulsification is

a form of cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution, thus maintaining the anterior chamber, as well as cooling the handpiece.

sics

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sic)

    • Anagrams

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    sic

    English

    (wikipedia sic)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • thus; thus written
    • Usage notes
    The word sic may be used in brackets to show that an uncommon or archaic]] usage is reported faithfully: for instance, quoting the [[:w:United States Constitution, U.S. Constitution: : The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic ] their Speaker ... It may also be used to highlight a perceived error, sometimes for the purpose of ridicule, as in this example from : : Warehouse has been around for 30 years and has 263 stores, suggesting a large fan base. The chain sums up its appeal thus: "styley [sic], confident, sexy, glamorous, edgy, clean and individual, with it's [sic] finger on the fashion pulse."'>citation Since it is not an abbreviation, it does not require a following period.
    Related terms
    * sic passim (Used to indicate that the preceding word, phrase, or term is used in the same manner (or form) throughout the remainder of a text. ) * sic transit gloria mundi (Fame is temporary.'') (Literally: ''So passes the glory of the world. ) * sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants, shouted by . )
    See also
    * shurely shome mishtake (A jocular alternative to sic.)

    Verb

    (sicc)
  • To mark with a bracketed sic."sic, adv. (and n.)" Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition 1989. Oxford University Press.
    • E. Belfort Bax wrote "... the modern reviewer's taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates."''E. Belfort Bax. '' On Some Forms of Modern Cant . Commonweal: 7 May 1887. Marxists’ Internet Archive: 14 Jan. 2006

    Etymology 2

    Variant of (seek).

    Alternative forms

    * sick

    Verb

    (sicc)
  • To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
    • He sicced his dog on me!
  • To set upon; to chase; to attack.
    • Sic 'em, Mitzi.
    Usage notes
    * The sense of "set upon" is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.

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    phacoemulsification

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia phacoemulsification)
  • A form of cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. Aspirated fluids are replaced with irrigation of balanced salt solution, thus maintaining the anterior chamber, as well as cooling the handpiece.