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PYRAMIDAL CATARACT

\pɪɹˈamɪdə͡l kˈatɐɹˌakt], \pɪɹˈamɪdə‍l kˈatɐɹˌakt], \p_ɪ_ɹ_ˈa_m_ɪ_d_əl k_ˈa_t_ɐ_ɹ_ˌa_k_t]\

Definitions of PYRAMIDAL CATARACT

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

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The opacity is at the anterior pole and is conoid, the apex extending forward.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A form of cataract resulting from central perforating ulceration of the cornea in early life. See capsular cataract.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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