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CASCADE |
Cataract |
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WATERFALL |
Cataract |
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HYPOPHYSIS |
Cataract. |
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OVERFALL |
A cataract; a waterfall. |
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LIN |
A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin. |
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KERATOME |
An instrument for dividing the cornea in operations for
cataract. |
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PEARL-EYED |
Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the
cataract. |
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COUCHING |
The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque
lens in cataract. |
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DEPRESSION |
A method of operating for cataract; couching. See
Couch, v. t., 8. |
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CATARACTOUS |
Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with
cataract. |
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COUCH |
To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens
with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. |
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KERATONYXIS |
The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a
needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass. |
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APHAKIA |
An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of
the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is
the use of powerful convex lenses. |
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FALL |
Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down
a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the
singular; as, the falls of Niagara. |
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RECLINATION |
The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying
the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous
humor in such a ... |