nuclear cataract
Medicine
noun
Cataract formation affecting the nucleus (central core) of the lens; an instance of this.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Bryant (1828–1914).
- closely knit
- close-minded
- close-mouthed
- closeness
- close one's eyes to
- close one's mind to
- close (or dear) to (or near) one's heart
- close (or near) to home
- close (or shut) one's eyes to
- close (or shut) one's mind to (or against)
- close (or shut) the door on (or to)
- closeout
- close-packed
- close quarters
- closer
- close range
- close ranks
- close-ratio
- close reach
- closer settlement
- close-run
- close season
- close-set
- close shave
- close something out