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Partial or complete opacity on or in the lens or capsule of one or both eyes, impairing vision or causing blindness. The many kinds of cataract are classified by their morphology (size, shape, location) or etiology (cause and time of occurrence). (Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Cataracts
- Cataract, Membranous
- Lens Opacities
- Pseudoaphakia
- Cataracts, Membranous
- Lens Opacity
- Membranous Cataract
- Membranous Cataracts
- Opacities, Lens
- Opacity, Lens
- Pseudoaphakias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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lens opacity; do not confuse entry term PSEUDOAPHAKIA (a synonym for membranous cataract) with PSEUDOPHAKIA, the presence of an intraocular lens after cataract extraction
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cataract. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002386. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002386
- Cataract. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataract
- Cataract. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127724