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cataractous

cataractous adjective: of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a cataract in the eye.

Adjective

cataractous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a cataract in the eye.
  2. (archaic) Affected with cataracts.

Origin of cataractous

From cataract + -ous.

Questions about cataractous

What does cataractous mean?
Cataractous means of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a cataract in the eye.
What part of speech is cataractous?
Cataractous is an adjective.

Words near cataractous in the dictionary

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

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