Cataract
noun
A disease that causes a cloudy area in the eye lens and affects vision.
He had to have surgery because of a cataract in his eye.
Often appears as...
- cataract surgery
- cataract removal
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Technical
noun
A large, powerful waterfall.
The breathtaking cataract attracted tourists from around the world.
Often appears as...
- majestic cataract
- power of a cataract
noun
A disease that causes a cloudy area in the eye lens and affects vision.
He had to have surgery because of a cataract in his eye.
Often appears as...
- cataract surgery
- cataract removal
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A large, powerful waterfall.
The breathtaking cataract attracted tourists from around the world.
Often appears as...
- majestic cataract
- power of a cataract
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Understand 'cataract' as a vision issue, not a sudden event like a heart attack.
Diagnosed with cataracts, she consulted an ophthalmologist.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Old Age
Though common in seniors, cataracts can occur at any age, even in babies.
Surprisingly, the toddler required cataract surgery.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarity of Vision
'Cataract' implies blurriness in vision, not complete blindness.
Her cataracts made reading fine print difficult.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Understand 'cataract' as a vision issue, not a sudden event like a heart attack.
Diagnosed with cataracts, she consulted an ophthalmologist.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Old Age
Though common in seniors, cataracts can occur at any age, even in babies.
Surprisingly, the toddler required cataract surgery.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarity of Vision
'Cataract' implies blurriness in vision, not complete blindness.
Her cataracts made reading fine print difficult.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Understand 'cataract' as a vision issue, not a sudden event like a heart attack.
Diagnosed with cataracts, she consulted an ophthalmologist.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Old Age
Though common in seniors, cataracts can occur at any age, even in babies.
Surprisingly, the toddler required cataract surgery.
Pro Tip 3/3Clarity of Vision
'Cataract' implies blurriness in vision, not complete blindness.
Her cataracts made reading fine print difficult.
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Molly Stevens: A new way...
in millions of people every year and helps in preventing cataracts. And that example, I think, is a really nice one, because it helps remind us that in the early days, people often chose materials because they were bioinert. Their very purpose was to perform a mechanical function. You'd put them in the body
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Rediscovering Glen...
through cataract Canyon down to the place where the river meets the lake and then paddle across the reservoir and explore side canyons along the way to see what might be coming back i wanted to put together a trip that would allow me to to maybe experience a bit of this lost world
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A curable condition that...
have pioneered high-volume, low-cost cataract surgery for as little as six dollars. Why then, with all these advances, are there still so many blind people in the world? The main issue is access to health care, with poor infrastructure and a shortage of doctors
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A new way to fund health...
I knew how to treat her condition; it was pretty straightforward. But we had strict instructions that the funds we had were for people with cataracts. What was I supposed to do? Ignore her? My wife and I managed to raise the funds to cover her treatment,
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Inside North Korea PIPE...
sandy cruet travels the world setting up eye clinics in developing countries dubbed a miracle doctor by the media route trains local doctors in inexpensive and effective treatments for cataracts North Korea may be his biggest challenge yet
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Pawan Sinha on how...
The whites that you see in the middle of his pupils are congenital cataracts, so opacities of the lens. In our eyes, the lens is clear, but in this child, the lens has become opaque, and therefore he can't see the world.
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Daniel Goleman: Why...
whose cataracts would be helped, and I realized that I went from this kind of narcissistic self-focus to altruistic joy, to feeling good for the people that were being helped. I think that's a motivator.
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Bringing Life-Changing...
feel how much I have grown up she couldn't see me but he could fill me my grandfather is still with me whenever a treat a blind patient in the cataract his face comes in my mind so maybe that
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Curing Blindness: How...
very well there are thousands who are blind and they need help and you cannot call yourself a developed country if you have people getting blind from cataracts
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Why the Dinosaurs’...
to the downright bizarre some pointed out of control hormones or cataracts others blamed a world taken over by hungry caterpillars the answers eluded
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Molly Stevens: A new way...
in millions of people every year and helps in preventing cataracts. And that example, I think, is a really nice one, because it helps remind us that in the early days, people often chose materials because they were bioinert. Their very purpose was to perform a mechanical function. You'd put them in the body
Video examples
Rediscovering Glen...
through cataract Canyon down to the place where the river meets the lake and then paddle across the reservoir and explore side canyons along the way to see what might be coming back i wanted to put together a trip that would allow me to to maybe experience a bit of this lost world
Video examples
A curable condition that...
have pioneered high-volume, low-cost cataract surgery for as little as six dollars. Why then, with all these advances, are there still so many blind people in the world? The main issue is access to health care, with poor infrastructure and a shortage of doctors
Video examples
A new way to fund health...
I knew how to treat her condition; it was pretty straightforward. But we had strict instructions that the funds we had were for people with cataracts. What was I supposed to do? Ignore her? My wife and I managed to raise the funds to cover her treatment,
Video examples
Inside North Korea PIPE...
sandy cruet travels the world setting up eye clinics in developing countries dubbed a miracle doctor by the media route trains local doctors in inexpensive and effective treatments for cataracts North Korea may be his biggest challenge yet
Video examples
Pawan Sinha on how...
The whites that you see in the middle of his pupils are congenital cataracts, so opacities of the lens. In our eyes, the lens is clear, but in this child, the lens has become opaque, and therefore he can't see the world.
Video examples
Daniel Goleman: Why...
whose cataracts would be helped, and I realized that I went from this kind of narcissistic self-focus to altruistic joy, to feeling good for the people that were being helped. I think that's a motivator.
Video examples
Bringing Life-Changing...
feel how much I have grown up she couldn't see me but he could fill me my grandfather is still with me whenever a treat a blind patient in the cataract his face comes in my mind so maybe that
Video examples
Curing Blindness: How...
very well there are thousands who are blind and they need help and you cannot call yourself a developed country if you have people getting blind from cataracts
Video examples
Why the Dinosaurs’...
to the downright bizarre some pointed out of control hormones or cataracts others blamed a world taken over by hungry caterpillars the answers eluded
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John Scalzi
American Author
By the time I'm 75 and I have a new hip, and my eyes are laser cleaned of cataracts, I wont think I'm a bionic man. I think that's just how technology works. The posthuman future of humanity will not announce itself; it will just creep up on us.
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Gordon Moore
American Businessman
I had cataract surgery a while back.
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John Scalzi
American Author
By the time I'm 75 and I have a new hip, and my eyes are laser cleaned of cataracts, I wont think I'm a bionic man. I think that's just how technology works. The posthuman future of humanity will not announce itself; it will just creep up on us.
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Gordon Moore
American Businessman
I had cataract surgery a while back.
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