Cataracts are layers over a person's eyes that prevent them from seeing properly. Cataracts usually develop because of old age or illness.
Ultraviolet rays increase the incidence of cataracts.
Age is not a factor in cataract surgery.
2. countable noun
A cataract is a large waterfall.
[literary]
More Synonyms of cataract
cataract in British English
(ˈkætəˌrækt)
noun
1.
a large waterfall or rapids
2.
a deluge; downpour
3. pathology
a.
partial or total opacity of the crystalline lens of the eye
b.
the opaque area
Word origin
C15: from Latin catarracta, from Greek katarrhaktēs, from katarassein to dash down, from arassein to strike
cataract in American English
(ˈkætəˌrækt)
noun
1.
a large waterfall
2.
any strong flood or rush of water; deluge
3.
a.
an eye disease in which the crystalline lens or its capsule becomes opaque, causing partial or total blindness
b.
the opaque area
Word origin
ME cataracte, floodgate (of heaven), cataract (of the eye) < L cataracta, a waterfall, portcullis < Gr katarhaktēs < katarhassein, to dash down < kata-, down + rhassein, to strike or ? arassein, to smite
Examples of 'cataract' in a sentence
cataract
Plastic lenses are already used to replace natural tissue in the eye after cataracts are removed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He was already blind in his left eye due to glaucoma and cataracts.
The Sun (2008)
He recently had to have a cataract removed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The trial has heard he recently had a heart operation and cataract surgery.
The Sun (2014)
The implants also remove the need for cataract operations.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
When he discovered the theft he was going by bus into hospital for a cataract op.
The Sun (2011)
Should we pay for eye surgery on his cataracts?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
One of its main products was replacement lenses used in cataract surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The cataract operations are being done by nurses who have been trained to do this particular surgical procedure.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
When the moment finally comes, one look through his cataract lenses is all it takes.
Christianity Today (2000)
The liquid destroyed her left eye while scars, cataracts and glaucoma closed her right one.
The Sun (2015)
She has had previously unnoticed cataracts removed - and her eyesight has been restored.
The Sun (2009)
AN elephant suffering from cataracts and glaucoma has become the first in the country to have an eye removed.
The Sun (2011)
When she was ten days old, they removed her natural lenses in her eyes as the cataracts were so bad.
The Sun (2013)
I have been waiting eight weeks for a follow-up to a cataract op.
The Sun (2015)
I'M going to have a cataract Q removed.
The Sun (2007)
And the same concerns have been raised about fertility treatment, cataract ops, obesity surgery and so on.
The Sun (2011)
It's outrageous that initiatives such as this squander money when there aren't the funds to cut the queues for new hips or cataract ops.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
cataract
British English: cataract /ˈkætəˌrækt/ NOUN
waterfall A cataract is a large waterfall or rapids.
American English: cataract waterfall
Arabic: شَلّاَل
Brazilian Portuguese: catarata cachoeira
Chinese: 大瀑布
Croatian: slap
Czech: vodopád
Danish: katarakt
Dutch: waterval
European Spanish: catarata
Finnish: vesiputous
French: cataracte eau
German: Wasserfall
Greek: καταρράκτης νερό
Italian: cateratta
Japanese: 大きな滝 waterfall
Korean: 큰 폭포
Norwegian: foss
Polish: wodospad
European Portuguese: catarata cachoeira
Romanian: cascadă
Russian: большой водопад
Latin American Spanish: catarata
Swedish: fors vattenfall
Thai: น้ำตกที่สูงชัน
Turkish: çağlayan
Ukrainian: річкові пороги
Vietnamese: thác nước lớn
British English: cataract /ˈkætəˌrækt/ NOUN
in eye A cataract is a layer that has grown over a person's eye that prevents them from seeing properly.
American English: cataract eye
Arabic: إِعْتَامُ عَدَسَةِ العَيْـن
Brazilian Portuguese: catarata doença nos olhos
Chinese: 白内障
Croatian: mrena
Czech: šedý zákal
Danish: grå stær
Dutch: cataract
European Spanish: catarata
Finnish: harmaakaihi
French: cataracte oeil
German: grauer Star
Greek: καταρράκτης μάτι
Italian: cataratta
Japanese: 白内障 eye
Korean: 백내장
Norwegian: grå stær
Polish: zaćma
European Portuguese: catarata doença nos olhos
Romanian: cataractă
Russian: катаракта
Latin American Spanish: catarata
Swedish: gråstarr
Thai: ต้อ
Turkish: katarakt
Ukrainian: катаракта
Vietnamese: màng thủy tinh thể
Chinese translation of 'cataract'
cataract
(ˈkætərækt) (Med)
n(c)
白内(內)障 (báinèizhàng)
1 (noun)
problems involving lens opacity or cataracts
Synonyms
opacity
2 (noun)
Definition
a large waterfall
There was an impressive cataract at the end of the glen.
Synonyms
waterfall
Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall
falls
rapids
cascade
She stood still for a moment under the cascade of water.
torrent
The rain came down in torrents.
deluge
A dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
downpour
a sudden downpour of rain
Niagara
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cascade
Definition
a waterfall or series of waterfalls over rocks
She stood still for a moment under the cascade of water.