| CAT | California Achievement Test; capillary agglutination test; catalase; cataract; catecholamine; Childr... |
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| cat | catalysis, catalyst; cataract |
| CC | calcaneal-cuboid; calcium cyclamate; cardiac catheterization; cardiac contusion; cardiac cycle; card... |
| CCRG | Cooperative Cataract Research Group (American) |
| Phaco | lens phacoemulsification [ophthalmic cataract surgery] |
| capsulolenticular cataract | A cataract in which both the lens and its capsule are involved. See: membranous cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| galactose cataract | A neonatal cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of galactose alcohol. See: galactosaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiation cataract | A cataract caused by excessive or prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays, X-rays, radium, beta rays, gamma rays, heat, or radioactive isotopes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vascular cataract | Congenital cataract in which the degenerated lens is replaced with mesodermal tissue. Synonym: cataracta adiposa, cataracta fibrosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reduplicated cataract | A type of congenital cataract with opacities situated at various levels in the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cataract | <ophthalmology> An ocular opacity, partial or complete, of one or both eyes, on or in the lens or capsule, especially an opacity impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of cataract are classified by their morphology (size, shape, location) or aetiology (cause and time of occurrence). Origin: L. Cataracta, from Gr. Katarraktes = waterfall, floodgate, portcullis (18 Nov 1997) |
| cataract lens | Any lens prescribed for aphakia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cataract needle | A very narrow, needle-pointed knife used in discission of a cataract. Synonym: cataract needle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cataract-oligophrenia syndrome | <syndrome> A rare neurologic disorder characterised by cerebellolental degeneration with mental retardation; autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: cataract-oligophrenia syndrome, Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome, Torsten Sjogren's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cataract spoon | A small concave instrument for removing a cataractous lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mature cataract | A cataract in which both the nucleus and cortex are opaque. Synonym: complete cataract, ripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glassworker's cataract | A cataract secondary to absorption of heat by the lens, or by transmission from the adjacent iris. Synonym: furnacemen's cataract, glassworker's cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glaucomatous cataract | A nuclear opacity usually seen in absolute glaucoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central cataract | Congenital cataract limited to the embryonic nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerulean cataract | A congenital cataract with bluish colouring and radial lesions; appears to be at least sometimes autosomal dominant. (05 Mar 2000) |