| ECCE | extracapsular cataract extraction |
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| ICCE | intracapsular cataract extraction |
| Phaco | lens phacoemulsification [ophthalmic cataract surgery] |
| PSC | patient services coordination; Porter-Silber chromogen; posterior subcapsular cataract; primary scle... |
| SMCA | smooth muscle contracting agent; suckling mouse cataract agent |
| membranous cataract | A secondary cataract composed of the remains of the thickened capsule and degenerated lens fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| perinuclear cataract | A lamellar cataract in which the nucleus is clear but is surrounded by a ring of opacity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peripheral cataract | A cataract in which the opacity affects the cortex of the lens. Synonym: peripheral cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gray cataract | A cataract of gray colour, usually seen in senile, mature, or cortical cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ripe cataract | A cataract in which both the nucleus and cortex are opaque. Synonym: complete cataract, ripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rubella cataract | Embryopathic cataract secondary to intrauterine rubella infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pisciform cataract | A hereditary cataract with bilateral fish-shaped opacities in the axial region of the foetal nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morgagni's cataract | A hypermature cataract in which the nucleus gravitates within the capsule. Synonym: sedimentary cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complete cataract | A cataract in which both the nucleus and cortex are opaque. Synonym: complete cataract, ripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complicated cataract | A cataract that accompanies or follows some other eye disease such as uveitis. Synonym: complicated cataract. A cataract occurring in the retained lens or capsule after a cataract extraction. Synonym: aftercataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concussion cataract | Traumatic cataract occurring with or without a hole in the lens capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital cataract | A cataract or clouding or the lens of the eye, that occurs in the foetus at some time during pregnancy. Children with Down's syndrome and galactosaemia have an increased incidence of congenital cataracts. Treatment includes cataract removal and the insertion of an artificial lens. (27 Sep 1997) |
| copper cataract | chalcosis lentis |
| poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract | The rothmund-thomson syndrome, a genetic disorder with numerous features affecting skin (premature aging, excess pigmentation, dilated blood vessels),eyes ( uvenile cataract), nose (saddle nose), teeth (maldeveloped), skeletal system (congenital bone defects) hair (abnormal), gonads (underdevelopment) limbs (soft tissue contractures), growth (short stature). Blood (anaemia) and a tendency to develop a type of bone cancer (osteogenic sarcoma). The rts gene is on chromosome 8. The syndrome is recessive so to be affected with rts a child has to have two rts genes, one from each parent. (12 Dec 1998) |
| coralliform cataract | Congenital cataract with round or elongated processes radiating from the centre of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |