English Dictionary

couching

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkaʊt͡ʃɪŋ/

名詞

(ophthalmology) An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.

日本語の意味

（眼科学）古くは用いられた、鋭利な器具を用いて濁った水晶体（白内障）を眼内で移動させることにより治療する方法

Although largely abandoned today, couching—an early method of treating cataracts by displacing the opaque lens with a sharp instrument—was once common.

今日ではほとんど廃れているが、白内障の濁った水晶体を鋭利な器具で押しのけるという初期の治療法はかつて一般的だった。

意味（1）

(ophthalmology) An early, largely obsolete, method of treating a cataract by using a sharp object to displace the opaque lens in the eye.

[C]ataract surgery has been employed for more than 20 centuries. The primary surgical technique for the large majority of this time was a procedure called couching. The first written description of couching is from an Indian surgeon, Susruta, circa 600 BC, involving the insertion of a needle into the eye and displacement of the lens out of the visual axis through either inferior or superior dislocation.

意味（2）

(textiles) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

couchings （ plural ）