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Definition of Cataractous
1. a. Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract.
Definition of Cataractous
1. Adjective. (archaic) Of the nature of a cataract in the eye. ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) Affected with cataract. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cataractous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Cataractous
1. Relating to a cataract. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cataractous
Literary usage of Cataractous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1858)
"119.—Medical Times and Gazette, Jan. 16, 1858, p. 68. 102.—THE cataractous EYE
COMPRESSOR : A NEW ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"THE cataractous EYE COMPRESSOR: A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR FACILITATING THE EXTRACTION
OF CATARACT. By JAMES VOSE SOLOMON, Esq., Surgeon to the Birmingham and ..."
3. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1857)
""The questions which now most naturally arise are these :—What extent of
heart-disease shall favor the development of a cataractous opacity ? ..."