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Cataract vs Catarrh - What's the difference?

cataract | catarrh |

In pathology terms the difference between cataract and catarrh

is that cataract is a disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness while catarrh is inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.

As nouns the difference between cataract and catarrh

is that cataract is a waterspout while catarrh is inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.

cataract

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A waterspout
  • A large waterfall; steep rapids in a river.
  • ''The cataracts on the Nile helped compartiment Upper Egypt
  • A flood of water (rfex)
  • An overwhelming downpour or rush
  • ''His cataract of eloquence
  • (pathology) A disease of the eye causing its opacity and, unless treated, leading to blindness.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1999 , author=J J Gallo, J Busby-Whitehead, W Reichel, P V Rabins, R A Silliman , title=Reichel's care of the elderly , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=563 , passage=Rarely, a dense, swollen neglected cataract precipitates an angle-closure glaucoma.}}

    Derived terms

    * cataractal

    catarrh

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
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  • See also

    * cold * flu * grippe, grip * influenza * sinusitis