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    A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that leads to a decrease in vision of the eye. Cataracts often develop slowly and can affect one or...
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    Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed a cataract, an opaque or cloudy...
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    to Cataracts of the Nile. First Cataract Second cataract in 1854 by John Beasley Greene Third Cataract Fourth Cataract Fifth Cataract Sixth Cataract in...
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  • up cataract in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A cataract is an opacity in the lens of the eye or its capsule. Cataract also may refer to: Cataract, any...
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  • A cataract bog is a rare ecological community formed where a permanent stream flows over a granite outcropping. The sheeting of water keeps the edges of...
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    Cataract Falls is a waterfall located in northern Owen County in the west central part of the U.S. state of Indiana. The largest waterfall by volume in...
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    Phacoemulsification is a cataract surgery method in which the internal lens of the eye which has developed a cataract is emulsified with the tip of an...
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    Congenital cataracts are a lens opacity that is present at birth. Congenital cataracts occur in a broad range of severity. Some lens opacities do not...
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    Cataract surgery has a long history in Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is one of the most common and successful surgical procedures in worldwide use, thanks...
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    080442°N 32.881172°E / 24.080442; 32.881172 The Old Cataract Aswan Hotel, commonly known as the Old Cataract Hotel, is a historic British colonial-era hotel...
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    documented form of cataract surgery. It involves dislodging the lens of the eye, thus removing the cloudiness caused by the cataract. Couching was a precursor...
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  • A galactosemic cataract is cataract which is associated with the consequences of galactosemia. The presence of presenile cataract, noticeable in galactosemic...
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    list of some of the most common diseases treated by ophthalmologists: Cataract Excessive tearing (tear duct obstruction) Proptosis (bulged eyes) Thyroid...
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    The Cataract Gorge is a river gorge in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, approximately 1.5 km from the city centre. It is one of the region's premier tourist...
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    Waterfall (redirect from Cataract falls)
    sometimes interchangeably referred to as "cascades" and "cataracts", though some sources specify a cataract as being a larger and more powerful waterfall and...
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  • "The Cataract of Lodore" is a poem written in 1820 by the English poet Robert Southey which describes the Lodore Falls on the Watendlath. One of Southey's...
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    Cataract Peak is a summit located in Banff National Parks in Alberta, Canada. Cataract Peak was so named on account of a nearby waterfall, or cataract...
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    Canine cataracts are a prevalent cause of visual loss in dogs, frequently resulting in blindness. Cataracts typically occur when proteins break down in...
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  • Cataract Falls can refer to In Australia Cataract Falls (Blue Mountains), in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales In the United States Cataract Falls in...
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  • Manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) is an evolution of extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE); the lens is removed from the eye through a...
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    It is often confused with other types of cataract. The condition is differentiated from other types of cataract by its clinical appearance, by shining a...
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    Absence deformity of leg-cataract syndrome is a very rare genetic limb malformation which is characterized by unilateral absence deformity, scoliosis,...
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  • Zonular cataract and nystagmus, also referred as nystagmus with congenital zonular cataract, is a rare congenital disease associated with Nystagmus and...
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  • dystrophy-infantile cataract-hypogonadism syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder which is characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy, infantile-onset cataract, and...
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    Ferritin is a universal intracellular protein that stores iron and releases it in a controlled fashion. The protein is produced by almost all living organisms...
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  • Childhood cataract is cataract that occurs at birth or in childhood. It may be congenital or acquired. Congenital cataracts are defined as the presence...
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  • immunodeficiency with cleft lip/palate, cataract, hypopigmentation and absent corpus callosum (or absent corpus callosum cataract immunodeficiency), is a rare autosomal...
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    degeneration with progressive cataracts, also known as autosomal dominant progressive sensorineural hearing loss and cataracts is a rare genetic disorder...
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  • Cataract Lake is a lake in Coconino County which is located near Williams in North Central Arizona. Rainbow Trout Brown Trout Largemouth Bass Crappie Sunfish...
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    Cataract-microcornea syndrome is a rare genetic syndrome characterized by congenital cataracts and microcornea in the absence of any other systemic anomaly...
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