extracapsular
adjective
ex·tra·cap·su·lar
| \ -ˈkap-sə-lər, especially British -ˈkap-syu̇-lər
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Medical Definition of extracapsular
1
: situated outside a capsule
2
of a cataract operation
: involving removal of the front part of the capsule and the central part of the lens — compare intracapsular sense 2