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cataract

[kat-uh-rakt] / ˈkæt əˌrækt /
NOUN
waterfall
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Piush Khetan, the charity's India director, said they offer basic services which include a free eye screening and glasses for people in need as well as performing cataract surgery.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

He said doctors told him he’ll require surgery to remove the cataract before they can determine that.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

The Senate investigation determined that UnitedHealth’s internal guidelines explicitly advised employees to continue to add diabetic cataract diagnoses after patients had completed surgery to remove the cataracts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

As a side effect of his surgery, Hamid said he later developed a cataract in his right eye and chose to have it treated privately before it affected his vision.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

When I lowered my arms to look again, Martin’s head had turned in my direction, one cataract eye wheeling crazily before fixing, it seemed, on me.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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