CATARACTS

Domain	Definition
Medicine	In medicine, an opacity of the crystalline lens of the eye obstructing partially or totally its transmission of light. Source: European Union. (references)
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Commercial Usage: CATARACTS

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Cataracts (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Cataracts (reference) Color Atlas of Ophthalmic Surgery: Cataracts (reference) Congenital Cataracts (Medical Intelligence Unit) (reference) Distribution of Cataracts in the Population and Influencing Factors (Developments in Ophthalmology, Vol 21) (reference) Don't Be Afraid of Cataracts (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: CATARACTS

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A researcher prepares extracts from normal eye lenses and cataracts for scientific analysis. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: CATARACTS

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Cataracts tend to grow slowly, so vision gets worse gradually. (references)
		Other research is focusing on new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat cataracts. (references)
		Vitrectomy can lead to complications, most commonly an increase in how fast cataracts develop. (references)
Business		A rehabilitation program launched in 1988 has reportedly treated 2.32 million people who suffer from cataracts, polio, or deafness. (references)
Children	China	The Government, at times in conjunction with NGO's such as the Lions Club International, sponsors a wide range of preventive and rehabilitative programs, including efforts to reduce congenital birth defects, treat cataracts, and treat hearing disorders. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage Frequency: CATARACTS

"CATARACTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 96.30% of the time. "CATARACTS" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Expression: CATARACTS

Modern Translation: CATARACTS

Language		Translations for "CATARACTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		grå stær (cataract). (various references)

Dutch		cataracten. (various references)

Finnish		harmaakaihi. (various references)

French		cataracte (cataract). (various references)

German		Wasserfälle (cascades, waterfalls, watertfalls). (various references)

Greek		καταρράκτες. (various references)

Italian		cataratta (cataract). (various references)

Pig Latin		ataractscay

Portuguese		cataratas. (various references)

Romanian		gherdapuri. (various references)

Spanish		catarata (cataract). (various references)

Swedish		katarakter. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings: CATARACTS

Misspellings
	"CATARACTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cartaract, catacrat, catarcats, catarect, catatract, cateract, cateracts, Catharacta, catiracts, Citaristi, ctaract. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "CATARACTS"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "CATARACTS" (pronounced ka"tera'kts)
4	-a' k t s	artifacts, contacts, contracts, subcontracts.
3	-k t s	abducts, abstracts, acts, addicts, adjuncts, affects, afflicts, aftereffects, aqueducts, architects, aspects, attracts, byproducts, cataract, collects, compacts, conducts, conflicts, connects, constructs, contradicts, convicts, corrects, deducts, defects, deflects, depicts, derelicts, destructs, detects, detracts, dialects, directs, disrespects, dissects, distracts, districts, ducts, edicts, effects, elects, enacts, erects, exacts, expects, extracts, facts, impacts, infects, inflicts, injects, insects, inspects, instincts, instructs, intellects, interacts, interjects, intersects, neglects, objects, pacts, precincts, predicts, products, projects, prospects, protects, reacts, recollects, reconnects, reenacts, reflects, rejects, respects, restricts, retracts, sects, selects, subcompacts, subjects, suspects, tracts, verdicts, viaducts.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: CATARACTS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: cataract.
	-2 letters: cascara.
	-3 letters: attars, carats, satara, strata, tatars, tracts.
	-4 letters: attar, cacas, carat, carts, sacra, scart, scatt, start, tacts, tarts, tatar, tract.
	-5 letters: acta, acts, arcs, arts, caca, cars, cart, casa, cast, cats, rats, scar, scat, star, stat, tact, tars, tart, tats, tsar.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-c-r-s-t-t"
	+1 letter: ataractics.
	+2 letters: cataractous.
	+3 letters: attractances.
	+4 letters: attractancies.
	+5 letters: catachrestical.
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Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	96.3%	52	47,145
Lexical Verb (-s form)	1.85%	1	339,140
Noun (proper)	1.85%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	54	N/A

CATARACTS

Specialty Definition: CATARACTS

Medicine

Synonym: CATARACTS

Crosswords: CATARACTS

Commercial Usage: CATARACTS

References

Books

Photo Album: CATARACTS

Non-Fiction Usage: CATARACTS

Health

Business

Children

China

Usage Frequency: CATARACTS

Expression: CATARACTS

Modern Translation: CATARACTS

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Italian

Pig Latin

Portuguese

Romanian

Spanish

Swedish

Misspellings: CATARACTS

Misspellings

Rhyming with "CATARACTS"

Anagrams: CATARACTS

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INDEX

Expression using "CATARACTS": Cataracts (Prevention). Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.