What is an opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight called?
cataract — (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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