Cataract
61cataract — [15] Greek kataráktēs meant literally ‘swooping down, rushing down’; it was a derivative of the verb katarássein, a compound formed from the prefix katá ‘down’ (which appears in a wide range of English words, including cataclysm, catalepsy,… …
62cataract — cat·a·ract || kætÉ™rækt n. cascade, waterfall, downpour; clouding of the lens of the eye (Medical) …
63cataract — [ katərakt] noun 1》 a large waterfall. 2》 a medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision. Origin ME: from L. cataracta waterfall, floodgate , also portcullis , from Gk kataraktēs down… …
64cataract — (G). Falling down …
65cataract — n. 1. Waterfall, fall, cascade. 2. (Med.) Obstructed sight, loss of sight (from opacity of the crystalline lens) …
66cataract — noun (C) 1 a medical condition of the eye in which the lens (3) of your eye becomes white instead of clear, so that you cannot see 2 literary a large waterfall …
67cataract — n 1. cascade, waterfall, falls, sault; rapids, race. 2. niagara, debacle, avalanche, torrent, downpour; deluge, alluvion, inundation, washout, flood …
68cataract — cat·a·ract …
69cataract — [ˈkætəˌrækt] noun [C] a white area that grows on your eye as a result of disease. It makes you gradually lose your sight …
70cataract — cat•a•ract [[t]ˈkæt əˌrækt[/t]] n. 1) a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, esp. one of considerable size 2) any furious rush or downpour of water; deluge 3) oph a) an abnormality of the eye characterized by opacity of the lens b) …