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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

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

As a side effect of his surgery, Hamid said he later developed a cataract in his right eye and chose to have it treated privately before it affected his vision.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

He had studied it after his botched cataract surgery but never mastered it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

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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