Cataract
51cataract knife — a knife for cutting the cornea in operations for cataract …
52cataract lens — a powerful lens for glasses to be used after cataract operation …
53cataract needle — a needle used in removing a cataract …
54cataract — noun Etymology: Latin cataracta waterfall, portcullis, from Greek kataraktēs, from katarassein to dash down, from kata + arassein to strike, dash Date: 14th century 1. [Middle English, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French… …
55cataract — waterfall, a very steep fall in a watercourse …
56cataract — Opacity of the lens of the eye …
57cataract — noun a) A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river. The cataracts on the Nile helped compartiment Upper Egypt, since the Pharaonic age marking several nome boundaries b) A downpour, flood of water …
58cataract — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, ablepsia, amaurosis, benightedness, blepharitis, blind side, blind spot, blindfolding, blinding, blindness, blurring the eyes, cascade, cataclysm, cecity, choroiditis, chute, collapse, come down, comedown,… …
59cataract — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. waterfall, downspout (See water). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. waterfall, rapids, torrent, deluge; see flood 1 , water 2 , waterfall . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An abundant, usually overwhelming flow …
60cataract — cat|a|ract [ kætə,rækt ] noun count 1. ) a medical condition affecting your eyes in which they become white and you gradually lose the ability to see 2. ) LITERARY a large WATERFALL …
