cataractnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæt.ə.rækt/us/ˈkæt̬.ə.rækt/cataract noun [ C ] (DISEASE)
a disease in which an area of someone's eye becomes less clear so that they cannot see clearly, or the area affected in this way
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Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- ophthalmologist
- optometrist
- safety glasses
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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cataract noun [ C ] (WATER FEATURE)
literary a large waterfall
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Watercourses & waterfalls
- arroyo
- barrage
- bayou
- beck
- billabong
- brook
- burn
- creek
- downriver
- Euphrates
- ghat
- headwater
- Mississippi
- rapids
- rivulet
- sluice
- spate
- upriver
- watercourse
- watershed
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