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 [ˈkætəˌrækt]

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a large waterfall or rapids

2. a deluge; downpour

3. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol

a.  partial or total opacity of the crystalline lens of the eye

b.  the opaque area

[from Latin catarracta, from Greek katarrhaktēs, from katarassein to dash down, from arassein to strike]

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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) a battle with blindness caused by cataracts

2. waterfall, falls, rapids, cascade, torrent, deluge, downpour, Niagara There was an impressive cataract at the end of the glen.

Translations

cataract [ˈkætərækt] N

1. (= waterfall) → catarata f

2. (Med) → catarata f

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cataract [ˈkætərækt] n

(MEDICINE) → cataracte f

(= waterfall) → cataracte f

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cataract

n

(= rapids) → Katarakt m

(Med) → grauer Star

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cataract [ˈkætəˌrækt] n (Geog, Med) → cateratta

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cataract [ˈkætəˌrækt] n (Geog, 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

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cataract → شَلّْال كبير, مياه بيضاء šedý zákal, vodopád grå stær, katarakt grauer Star, Wasserfall καταρράκτης catarata harmaakaihi, vesiputous cataracte mrena cascata, cataratta 大きな滝, 白内障 백내장, 큰 폭포 cataract, waterval foss, grå stær katarakta, zaćma catarata большой водопад, катаракта fors, gråstarr ต้อ, น้ำตกที่สูงชัน çağlayan, katarakt màng thủy tinh thể, thác nước lớn 大瀑布, 白内障