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A cataract is an opacity in the lens of the eye or its capsule.
Cataract also may refer to:
- Cataract, any large, powerful waterfall
- Cataract (beam engine), governor used for early steam engines
- Jehu (or John) O'Cataract, two pen names for John Neal (1793-1876)
- Shawinigan Cataractes, ice-hockey team
Places
- Cataract Gorge, river gorge on Tasmania, Australia
Egypt
- Cataracts of the Nile
- Old Cataract Hotel, a hotel in Aswan, Egypt
Canada
United States
- Cataract, Indiana
- Cataract, Wisconsin
- Cataract Canyon, a 46-mile-long canyon on the Colorado River in Utah
Music
Performing groups
- The Cataracs, Berkeley, California hip hop duo
- Cataract (band), European metalcore band from Switzerland
Works
- Cataract (Cataract album), by the eponymous band
- Songs:
- "Cataract," by Sparta on album Wiretap Scars (2002)
- "Cataracts", by Andrew Bird on album Armchair Apocrypha (2007)
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