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cataract

[kat-uh-rakt] / ˈkæt əˌrækt /
NOUN
waterfall
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The Welsh government said the extra 187,000 outpatient appointments that health boards had delivered, and 37,000 cataract operations to date, were because of the additional funding this year.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

He said doctors told him he’ll require surgery to remove the cataract before they can determine that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

And at some point, most people will need cataract surgery.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

The current pontiff understands his own papacy as presiding over a comparable cataract in history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

“They’ll take her if we do a cataract operation on her right eye. On a hippopotamus! What next? Nose jobs on the rhinos?”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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