Word.ws English Dictionary

cataractogenous

cataractogenous adjective: that leads to the formation of cataracts.

Adjective

cataractogenous (comparative more cataractogenous, superlative most cataractogenous)

  1. That leads to the formation of cataracts
    • Also, it has been suggested that the incident angle of light rays determines their cataractogenous effect.2015 September 12, “Evaluation of a 345 nm Femtosecond Laser for Corneal Surgery with Respect to Intraocular Radiation Hazard”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of cataractogenous

comparativemore cataractogenous
superlativemost cataractogenous

Origin of cataractogenous

From cataract + -genous.

Questions about cataractogenous

What does cataractogenous mean?
Cataractogenous means that leads to the formation of cataracts.
What part of speech is cataractogenous?
Cataractogenous is an adjective.

Words near cataractogenous in the dictionary

  1. cataractic
  2. cataracting
  3. cataractogenesis
  4. cataractogenic
  5. cataractogenicity
  6. cataractogenous
  7. Cataractonium
  8. cataractous
  9. cataracts
  10. cataraft
  11. catarafts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cataractogenous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “cataractogenous.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cataractogenous. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.