| ICCE | intracapsular cataract extraction |
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| 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 |
| secondary 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) |
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| sedimentary cataract | A hypermature cataract in which the nucleus gravitates within the capsule. Synonym: sedimentary cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hook-shaped cataract | Congenital cataract with hook-like figures between the foetal and embryonic nuclei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| punctate cataract | An incomplete cataract in which there are opaque dots scattered through the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| senile cataract | A cataract occurring spontaneously in the elderly; mainly a cuneiform cataract, nuclear cataract, or posterior subcapsular cataract, alone or in combination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyramidal cataract | A cone-shaped, anterior polar cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| siderotic cataract | A cataract resulting from deposition of iron from an iron-containing intraocular foreign body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypermature cataract | A cataract in which the lens cortex becomes liquid, with the nucleus gravitating within the capsule (Morgagni's cataract). Synonym: overripe cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypocalcaemic cataract | <ophthalmology> A cataract occurring with low serum calcium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soft cataract | <ophthalmology> An advanced or mature cataract in which the nucleus is not well developed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spindle cataract | A cataract in which the opacity is fusiform, extending from one pole to the other. Synonym: fusiform cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stationary cataract | A cataract that does not progress. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stellate cataract | Congenital cataract with lens opacities radiating toward the periphery, with subcapsular and cortical changes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subcapsular cataract | A cataract in which the opacities are concentrated beneath the capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sugar cataract | Any cataract associated with intralenticular accumulation of pentose or hexose alcohols. (05 Mar 2000) |