Usually means: Clouding of the eye's lens.
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We found 62 dictionaries that define the word cataract:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. cataract: Merriam-Webster
  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: FreeDictionary.org
  22. cataract: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Cataract: The Word Detective
  24. cataract: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Cataract: World Wide Words
  26. cataract: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cataract: Encyclopedia

Medicine (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. cataract: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Cataract: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Cataract: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  9. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  10. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  11. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  12. Cataract: Scleroderma
  13. Cataract: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  14. cataract: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. cataract: Laser Eye Surgery
  16. cataract: Medical dictionary
  17. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  18. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  19. Cataract: Drug Medical Dictionary
  20. 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. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  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)

(Note: See cataracting as well.)

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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