Main > Medical terms> Cataract

Cataract

Cataract (leucoma; synonym: a leucoma) – the opacification of a cornea which appeared owing to its cicatricial change.

Allocate:

  1. The cataract spliced (l. adhaerens; synonym: leucoma adhesive): the soldered to an iris, its development is caused by the getting wound of a cornea or a perforated ulcer;
  2. Cataract ektazirovanny (l. ectaticum): owing to thinning and stretching of a cornea eminates kpered.
 
Whether you know that:

Was considered earlier that yawning enriches an organism with oxygen. However this opinion was disproved. Scientists proved that yawning, the person cools a brain and improves its working capacity.