Usually means: Clouding of the eye's lens.
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We found 61 dictionaries that define the word cataract:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. cataract: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. cataract: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cataract: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cataract: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cataract: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cataract, cataract: Wordnik
  7. cataract: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cataract: Wiktionary
  9. cataract: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cataract: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cataract: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cataract: Dictionary.com
  13. cataract: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cataract: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Cataract (Walkabouts album), Cataract (band), Cataract (beam engine), Cataract (disambiguation), Cataract: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cataract: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. cataract: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. cataract: Rhymezone
  19. Cataract: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. cataract: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. cataract: Free Dictionary
  22. cataract: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. cataract: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. Cataract: The Word Detective
  25. cataract: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. Cataract: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cataract: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cataract: Encyclopedia

Medicine (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Cataract: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Cataract: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  10. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  11. Cataract: Scleroderma
  12. Cataract: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  13. cataract: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  14. cataract: Laser Eye Surgery
  15. cataract: Medical dictionary
  16. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  17. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  18. Cataract: Drug Medical Dictionary
  19. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)
  3. cataract, cataract: A Word A Day
  4. cataract: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. cataract: Archaeology Wordsmith
  3. Field Trip to Mars (No longer online)
  4. Cataract: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cataract: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. cataract: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (obsolete) A waterspout.
noun:  A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.
noun:  A flood of water.
noun:  (figuratively) An overwhelming downpour or rush.
noun:  (pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

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