'Cataract' definitions:
Definition of 'cataract'
(from WordNet)
noun
An eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
noun
A large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
Definition of 'Cataract'
From: GCIDE
- Cataract \Cat"a*ract\, n. [L. cataracta, catarracles, a waterfall, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to break down; in the passive, to fall or rush down (of tumors) to burst; kata` down + ? to break.]
- 1. A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mach.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cataract'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablepsia,
- amaurosis,
- benightedness,
- blepharitis,
- blind side,
- blind spot,
- blindfolding,
- blinding,
- blindness,
- blurring the eyes,
- cascade,
- cataclysm,
- cecity,
- choroiditis,
- chute,
- collapse,
- come down,
- comedown,
- conjunctivitis,
- crash,
- cross-eye,
- darkness,
- debacle,
- declension,
- declination,
- defective vision,
- defluxion,
- deluge,
- depriving of sight,
- descend,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- detached retina,
- dim-sightedness,
- dip down,
- down,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downfall,
- downflow,
- downgrade,
- downpour,
- downrush,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- drop serene,
- dropping,
- economic blindness,
- engulf,
- esotropia,
- ever-during dark,
- excecation,
- eye defect,
- eyelessness,
- fall,
- fall down,
- fall off,
- falling,
- falls,
- flood,
- flooding,
- force,
- fresh,
- freshet,
- glaucoma,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- gravitate,
- gravitation,
- gutta serena,
- hoodwinking,
- inclination,
- inundate,
- inundation,
- iritis,
- keratitis,
- lack of vision,
- linn,
- lose altitude,
- making blind,
- nappe,
- Niagara,
- niphablepsia,
- optic neuritis,
- overbrim,
- overflow,
- overrun,
- overwhelm,
- parachute,
- partial blindness,
- pink eye,
- pitch,
- plummet,
- plummeting,
- plunge,
- pounce,
- pour,
- pour down,
- pour out,
- pour over,
- precipitate,
- psychic blindness,
- rain,
- rapids,
- reduced sight,
- retinoblastoma,
- river,
- run over,
- sault,
- sightless eyes,
- sightlessness,
- slop,
- slosh,
- snow blindness,
- soul-blindness,
- spate,
- spill,
- spill out,
- spill over,
- spiritual blindness,
- spout,
- stone-blindness,
- stoop,
- sty,
- submerge,
- swamp,
- sweep,
- swoop,
- torrent,
- total blindness,
- trachoma,
- trend downward,
- unenlightenment,
- unseeingness,
- uveitis,
- walleye,
- waterfall,
- waterflood,
- watershoot,
- whelm