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Definition of Cataract
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Cataract
A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall. 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. A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot. Related Definitions:
Action, An, And, Brake, Called, Capsule, Crystalline, Dashpot, Fall, For, Great, Hydraulic, Kind, Large, Lens, Light, Of, Opacity, Or, Other, Over, Passage, Precipice, Pumping, Regulating, Sight, Sometimes, The, Water, Waterfall, Which |
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Cataract Translations
cataract in Dutch is grote waterval, staar cataract in French is cataracte cataract in German is Katarakt, Wasserfall cataract in Spanish is catarata |
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