Definition of Cataractous

1. a. Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract.

Definition of Cataractous

1. Adjective. (archaic) Of the nature of a cataract in the eye. ¹

2. Adjective. (archaic) Affected with cataract. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cataractous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Cataractous

1. Relating to a cataract. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cataractous

cataract-oligophrenia syndrome
cataract extraction
cataract lens
cataract needle
cataract spoon
cataracta
cataracta brunescens
cataracta cerulea
cataracta electrica
cataracta nigra
cataracta ossea
cataractogenesis
cataractogenic
cataractous (current term)
cataracts
cataraft
catarafts
catarrh
catarrhal
catarrhal asthma
catarrhal fever
catarrhal gastritis
catarrhal inflammation
catarrhal jaundice
catarrhal ophthalmia
catarrhally
catarrhine

Literary usage of Cataractous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1858)
"119.—Medical Times and Gazette, Jan. 16, 1858, p. 68. 102.—THE cataractous EYE COMPRESSOR : A NEW ..."

2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"THE cataractous EYE COMPRESSOR: A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR FACILITATING THE EXTRACTION OF CATARACT. By JAMES VOSE SOLOMON, Esq., Surgeon to the Birmingham and ..."

3. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1857)
""The questions which now most naturally arise are these :—What extent of heart-disease shall favor the development of a cataractous opacity ? ..."

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