Both Uses of
cataract
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- Some survivors — even children — were developing what were called A-bomb cataracts.†
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- Before his discharge, an ophthalmologist found that he had the beginnings of an A-bomb cataract.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(cataract) clouding of the natural lens of the eye
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, cataract can reference falling water as from a waterfall or series of rapids and waterfalls.