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cataract

/ˈkætəˌɹæk(t)/ noun C2
  1. A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.
  2. Something which obscures. (figuratively)

Plural cataracts

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The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a “To Let” card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 26 · B2
Adair’s mother had returned from Australia to undergo the operation for cataract, and she, her son Ronald, and her daughter Hilda were living together at 427, Park Lane.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 3 · C1

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