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cataract

[kat-uh-rakt] / ˈkæt əˌrækt /
NOUN
waterfall
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In Maniabandha, eight patients were taken to Bhubaneswar's Vision Care Hospital for cataract surgery.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The targets were backed up by £120m of extra funding which he said would be targeted at providing more outpatient appointments, diagnostic tests and treatments, including more than 20,000 cataract operations.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 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

He has spearheaded efforts to plant trees, clean up oceans, rivers and beaches, pay for strangers’ cataract surgeries and prosthetic limbs and has donated millions to charities such as Make-A-Wish and food banks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

The cataract of Saint-Jean-les-Eaux plunged between pinnacles of rock at the eastern end of a spur of the Alps, and the generating station clung to the side of the mountain above it.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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