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CORTICAL CATARACT

\kˈɔːtɪkə͡l kˈatɐɹˌakt], \kˈɔːtɪkə‍l kˈatɐɹˌakt], \k_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_k_əl k_ˈa_t_ɐ_ɹ_ˌa_k_t]\

Definitions of CORTICAL CATARACT

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Loss of transparency of the outer layers of the lens.
Opacity in the cortex of the lens.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An opacity of the lens mainly or entirely centered in the cortex, the nucleus, the capsule, and sometimes the subcapsular layer of the lens remaining transparent until the end.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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