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PIGMENTED CATARACT

\pɪɡmˈɛntɪd kˈatɐɹˌakt], \pɪɡmˈɛntɪd kˈatɐɹˌakt], \p_ɪ_ɡ_m_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_d k_ˈa_t_ɐ_ɹ_ˌa_k_t]\

Definitions of PIGMENTED CATARACT

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A false cataract, usually produced by a violent concussion or blow on the eye, which has detached the pigment from the posterior surface of the iris, whence results a sort of arborescent appearance.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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