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See also:CATARACT (from the See also:Lat. See also:form cataracta of the Gr. Karapplucrgss, a floodgate, or See also:waterfall, properly something which rushes down) , a downpour of See also:water, a See also:waterfall . The earliest use in See also:English is of a floodgate or See also:portcullis, and this survives in the name of a disease of the See also:eye (see EYE: Eye Diseases), in which the crystalline See also:lens becomes opaque, and forms an apparent grating over the eye . The See also:term is also used of a See also:device to regulate the strokes in certain types of See also:steam-See also:engine . |
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