cataract

(noun)

a disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness

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  • living-donor transplantation
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Examples of cataract in the following topics:

  • Genetic Defects from Radiation

    • Ionizing radiation from fallout can cause genetic effects, birth defects, cancer, cataracts, and other organ and tissue defects.
    • Ionizing radiation from fallout can cause genetic effects, birth defects, cancer, cataracts, and other organ and tissue defects.
  • Physicians, Nurses, and Patients

    • A local doctor performs a cataract surgery on a patient at Zamboanga Medical Center during the U.S.
  • Nubia and Ancient Culture

    • Upper Nubia sat between the Second and Sixth Cataracts of the Nile (modern-day central Sudan), and Lower Nubia sat between the First and Second Cataracts (modern-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan).
  • Kidney Transplant

    • Prednisolone suppresses the immune system, but its long-term use at high doses causes a multitude of side effects, including glucose intolerance and diabetes, weight gain, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, hypercholesterolemia, and cataract formation.
  • Polar Ozone Holes

    • Increased UV radiation has been linked to a number of negative health effects, including skin cancer and cataracts.
  • Galactosemia and Glycogen Storage Disease

    • In individuals with galactosemia, the enzymes needed for further metabolism of galactose are severely diminished or missing entirely, leading to toxic levels of galactose 1-phosphate in various tissues as in the case of classic galactosemia, resulting in hepatomegaly (an enlarged liver), cirrhosis, renal failure, cataracts, brain damage, and ovarian failure.
  • Physical Development in Late Adulthood

    • Hearing and vision—so sharp in our twenties—decline significantly; cataracts, or cloudy areas of the eyes that result in vision loss, are frequent.
  • Ozone Depletion

    • Because the ozone layer acts as a protectant, blocking most UVB wavelengths of UV light from piercing Earth's atmosphere, ozone depletion may result in a variety of biological consequences; these include increased cases of skin cancer, cataracts, and plant damage, as well as reduced plankton populations in the ocean's photic zone.
  • The Middle Kingdom

    • However, the Middle Kingdom remained defensive in its military strategy, with fortifications built at the First Cataract of the Nile, in the Delta and across the Sinai Isthmus.
  • Architecture of the Middle Kingdom

    • In his sixth year, he re-dredged an Old Kingdom canal around the first cataract to facilitate travel to upper Nubia, using this to launch a series of brutal campaigns.
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