cataract (redirected from acquired cataract)

cat·a·ract  (kt-rkt)

n.

1. A large or high waterfall.

2. A great downpour; a deluge.

3. Pathology Opacity of the lens or capsule of the eye, causing impairment of vision or blindness.

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[Middle English cataracte, from Old French, from Latin cataracta, from Greek katarrakts, katarakts, downrush, waterfall, portcullis, probably from katarassein, to dash down (kat-, kata-, cata- + arassein, to strike). Sense 3, from a comparison to a portcullis or other falling impediment or covering.]

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cata·ractous (-rkts) adj.

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cataract

Noun

1. Pathol

a. a condition in which the lens of the eye becomes partially or totally opaque

b. the opaque area

2. a large waterfall [Greek katarassein to dash down]

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cataract  (kt-rkt)

1. An opacity of the lens of the eye or the membrane that covers it, causing impairment of vision or blindness.

2. A waterfall in which a large volume of water flows over a steep precipice.

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Cataract a violent downpour or rush; anything likened to a waterfall. See also cascade.

Examples: cataract of nastiness; of evil news, 1864; of panegyrics; of water.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cataract - an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye eye disease - any disease of the eye cortical cataract - a cataract that affects the lens cortex nuclear cataract - a cataract that affects the nucleus of the lens posterior subcapsular cataract - a cataract in the rear of the lens capsule
	2.	cataract - a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice waterfall, falls - a steep descent of the water of a river

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cataract

noun 1. Medical opacity, (of the eye)

noun 2. waterfall, falls, rapids, cascade, torrent, deluge, downpour, Niagara

Translations

cataract [ˈkætərækt] n (MED) → cataratas fpl

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cataract [ˈkætərækt] n (also Med) → cataracte f

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cataract [ˈkætərækt] n (Med) → grauer Star m

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cataract [ˈkætərækt] n (also MED) → cateratta

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cataract

n cataract [ˈkӕtərӕkt]

a clouding of the lens of the eye causing difficulty in seeing. katarak شَلاّل، مَسْقطُ مياه катарак šedý zákal grå stær; stær; katarakt grauer Star καταρράκτης (στο μάτι) catarata hall kae آب مروارید harmaakaihi cataracte קָטַרַקט मोतियाबिन्द mrena oka hályog katarak vagl cataratta 白内障 백내장 katarakta katarakta katarak grauwe staar grå stær zaćma catarata cata­ractă катаракта šedý zákal očesna mrena katarakta grå starr ต้อ katarakt, aksu 白內障 катаракта آنکھ کا موتیا bệnh đục thể thủy tinh 白内障