cataract

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Etymology

From Latin cataracta 'waterfall, portcullis', from Ancient Greek καταράκτης, from καταράσσω (katarassō, “I pour down”).

Noun

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, Reichel's care of the elderly^[1], page 563:

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

Derived terms

• cataractal

Translations

waterfall

• Bulgarian: водопад (bg) (vodopád) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大瀑布 (cmn) (dà pùbù), 瀑布 (cmn) (pùbù)

• Czech: katarakt (cs) m, stupňovaný vodopád (cs) m
• Dutch: cataract m, n, and f
• Finnish: vesiputous (fi)
• French: cataracte (fr) f

• German: Katarakt (de) m
• Greek: καταρράκτης (el) (katarráktis) m (katarráktis)
• Italian: cateratta (it)
• Japanese: 瀑布 (ja) (ばくふ, bakufu)
• Khmer: ទឹកធ្លាក់ (km) (tɨk tleak)
• Russian: водопад (ru) (vodopád) m
• Spanish: catarata (es) f

downpour, flood

• Bulgarian: проливен дъжд (bg) (proliven dǎžd) m, потоп (bg) (potop) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洪流 (cmn) (hóngliú) (flood)

• Dutch: stortvloed (nl)

• Japanese: 激流 (ja) (げきりゅう, gekiryū)
• Russian: ливень (ru) (lívenʹ) m, проливной дождь (ru) (prolivnój doždʹ) m (torrential rain), потоп (ru) (potóp) m (flood)

opacity of the lens in the eye

• Bulgarian: перде (bg) (perde) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白內障 (cmn), 白内障 (cmn) (báinèizhàng)

• Czech: šedý zákal (cs) m, katarakta (cs) f
• Dutch: cataract m, n, and f, grijze staar
• Faroese: eygnastar (fo) n
• Finnish: kaihi (fi)
• French: cataracte (fr) f
• German: Katarakt (de) m
• Greek: καταρράκτης (el) (katarráktis) m
• Hungarian: hályog (hu)

• Italian: cataratta (it) f
• Japanese: 白内障 (ja) (はくないしょう, hakunaishō)
• Khmer: ទឹកធ្លាក់ (km) (tɨk tleak)
• Navajo: anázhiin yiibaʼ
• Portuguese: catarata (pt) f
• Russian: катаракта (ru) (katarákta) f
• Scottish Gaelic: neul-sùla (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: мрена (sh) f, mrena (sh) f
• Shan: တေႃႈ (tɔ3)
• Spanish: catarata (es) f
• Turkish: katarakt (tr)

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• Korean: 백내장

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Alternative forms

• katarakt

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Noun

cataract f (plural cataracten, diminutive cataractje)

1. cataract, waterfall
2. (pathology) cataract