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cataract

/ˈkætərækt/noun

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noun
  1. 1

    [C] medical

    a medical condition that affects the lens of the eye, making it cloudy so that you cannot see clearly

    मोतियाबिंद

    • My grandmother had an operation to remove a cataract.
    • Cataracts are a common cause of poor sight in old age.
  2. 2

    [C] literary

    a large steep waterfall

    बड़ा जलप्रपात, ऊँचा झरना

    • the roaring cataracts of the Nile

    Synonyms waterfall falls cascade

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The Nile has six famous cataracts, stretches of rapids and small waterfalls between Aswan in Egypt and Khartoum in Sudan.

नील नदी के छह प्रसिद्ध cataracts हैं, जो मिस्र के Aswan और सूडान के Khartoum के बीच तेज़ धाराओं और छोटे झरनों वाले हिस्से हैं।