Definizione monolingua

cataract

cataract (plural cataracts)

1. (obsolete) A waterspout
2. A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.

   The cataracts on the Nile helped compartiment Upper Egypt

3. A flood of water
4. An overwhelming downpour or rush

   His cataract of eloquence

5. (pathology) A disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness.
   • 1999, J J Gallo, J Busby-Whitehead, W Reichel, P V Rabins, R A Silliman, Reichels care of the elderly^[1], page 563:

     Rarely, a dense, swollen neglected cataract precipitates an angle-closure glaucoma.

Definizione dizionario cataract

	cataratta
	opacity of the lens in the eye
	An abnormality of the eye, characterized by opacity of the lens.

	cateratta
	waterfall

cascata

Altri significati:

cataract (opacity in lens of eye)

(pathology) A disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness.

A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.

A downpour, flood of water

downpour, flood

(obsolete) A waterspout