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cataract
English
Etymology
From Middle English cataract, cateract, cataracta, from Latin cataracta (“waterfall, portcullis”), from Ancient Greek ??????????? (katarrhákt?s), from ????????? (kataráss?, “I pour down”), from ????- (kata-, “down”) + ?????? (aráss?, “to strike, dash”). Its pathological sense probably came from its alternative sense in Latin, “portcullis”, through French through the notion of “obstruction”, in this case, of vision.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæt??ækt/
Noun
cataract (plural cataracts)
- (obsolete) A waterspout
- A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.
- A flood of water.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (figuratively) An overwhelming downpour or rush.
- (pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- cataract on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- List of waterfalls by type § Cataract on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Alternative forms
- katarakt (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cataracte, from Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (katarrhákt?s).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?.ta??r?kt/
- Hyphenation: ca?ta?ract
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
cataract f (plural cataracten, diminutive cataractje n)
- cataract, waterfall
- (medicine) cataract
Synonyms
- (waterfall): waterval
- (cataract disease): grauwe staar
Descendants
- Afrikaans: katarak
- ? Indonesian: katarak
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cateract, cataracta, cataracte, catheracte, catharacte, catharacta, catterak, catarac
Etymology
From Latin cataracta, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (katarákt?s).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kat?rakt(?)/, /?kat?rak/, /?kat?rakta/
Noun
cataract (plural cateractes)
- (medicine) cataract
- (Christianity) A gate guarding the entrance to Heaven.
Descendants
- English: cataract
- Scots: cataract (rare, obsolete)
References
- “cataracte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-20.
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keratome
English
Etymology
kerato- +? -tome
Noun
keratome (plural keratomes)
- A surgical instrument for dividing the cornea in cataract operations
Derived terms
- epikeratome
- microkeratome
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