Cataract
121pyramidal cataract — a conoid anterior polar cataract with its apex pointing forward …
122rubella cataract — a congenital nuclear cataract caused by maternal rubella during the first trimester of pregnancy …
123secondary cataract — a cataract, usually posterior subcapsular, secondary to some other condition, such as disease (especially iridocyclitis), degeneration (such as chronic glaucoma or retinal detachment), or surgery (particularly glaucoma filtering or retinal… …
124total cataract — an opacity of all the fibers of the lens; called also complete c. Total cataract, with no view of the red reflex or retina …
125traumatic cataract — a cataract resulting from injury to the eye, either immediately after injury (e.g., from perforation of the capsule) or years later (e.g., from concussion of the lens without a rupture of the capsule) …
126Soemmering ring (ring cataract) — Soem·mer·ing ring (ring cataract) (surґmər ing) [Samuel Thomas von Soemmering, German anatomist, 1755–1830] see under ring …
127senile cataract — noun : a cataract of a type that occurs in the aged and is characterized by an initial opacity in the lens, subsequent swelling of the lens, and final shrinkage with complete loss of transparency …
128grey cataract — a disease found particularly in goldfish manifesting as a whitish condition in one eye lens …
