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Cataract Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cataract? [n] a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice [n] clouding of the natural lens of the eye Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cataract: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cataract: ablepsia \| amaurosis \| benightedness \| blepharitis \| blind side \| blind spot \| blindfolding \| blinding \| blindness \| blurring the eyes \| cascade \| cataclysm \| cecity \| choroiditis \| chute \| collapse \| come down \| comedown \| conjunctivitis \| crash \| cross-eye \| darkness \| debacle \| declension \| declination \| defective vision \| defluxion \| deluge \| depriving of sight \| descend \| descending \| descension \| descent \| detached retina \| dim-sightedness \| dip down \| down \| downbend \| downcome \| downcurve \| downfall \| downflow \| downgrade \| downpour \| downrush \| downtrend \| downturn \| downward trend \| drop \| drop down \| drop off \| drop serene \| dropping \| economic blindness \| engulf \| esotropia \| ever-during dark \| excecation \| eye defect \| eyelessness \| fall \| fall down \| fall off \| falling \| falls \| flood \| flooding \| force \| fresh \| freshet \| glaucoma \| go down \| go downhill \| gravitate \| gravitation \| gutta serena \| hoodwinking \| inclination \| inundate \| inundation \| iritis \| keratitis \| lack of vision \| linn \| lose altitude \| making blind \| nappe \| Niagara \| niphablepsia \| optic neuritis \| overbrim \| overflow \| overrun \| overwhelm \| parachute \| partial blindness \| pink eye \| pitch \| plummet \| plummeting \| plunge \| pounce \| pour \| pour down \| pour out \| pour over \| precipitate \| psychic blindness \| rain \| rapids \| reduced sight \| retinoblastoma \| river \| run over \| sault \| sightless eyes \| sightlessness \| slop \| slosh \| snow blindness \| soul-blindness \| spate \| spill \| spill out \| spill over \| spiritual blindness \| spout \| stone-blindness \| stoop \| sty \| submerge \| swamp \| sweep \| swoop \| torrent \| total blindness \| trachoma \| trend downward \| unenlightenment \| unseeingness \| uveitis \| walleye \| waterfall \| waterflood \| watershoot \| whelm See Also \| eye disease \| falls \| waterfall Cataract In Webster's Dictionary \Cat"a*ract\, n. [L. cataracta, catarracles, a waterfall, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to break down; in the passive, to fall or rush down (of tumors) to burst; kata` down + ? to break.] 1. A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall. 2. (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight. 3. (Mach.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called {dashpot}.

Cataract Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cataract?

[n] a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
[n] clouding of the natural lens of the eye

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cataract:

See Also | eye disease | falls | waterfall

Cataract In Webster's Dictionary

\Cat"a*ract\, n. [L. cataracta, catarracles, a
waterfall, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to break down; in the passive, to
fall or rush down (of tumors) to burst; kata` down + ? to
break.]
1. A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.

2. (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its
   capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light
   and impairs or destroys the sight.

3. (Mach.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the
   action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes
   called {dashpot}.

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