cataract oor Afrikaans

cataract

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(obsolete) A waterspout

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

katarak

According to the findings, refractive errors and cataracts accounted for the majority of eye disorders in the country, and these were correctable.
Volgens die bevindings is behandelbare refraksiefoute en katarakte verantwoordelik vir die meeste oogprobleme in die land.

katarakte

According to the findings, refractive errors and cataracts accounted for the majority of eye disorders in the country, and these were correctable.
Volgens die bevindings is behandelbare refraksiefoute en katarakte verantwoordelik vir die meeste oogprobleme in die land.

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Katarak

clouding of the lens inside the eye, which leads to low vision

Cataracts form when proteins in an eye’s lens unravel, tangle, and accumulate pigments that cloud the lens.
Katarakte vorm wanneer proteïene in die lens van ’n oog uitrafel, deurmekaar raak en pigmente versamel wat die lens laat vertroebel.

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And without sufficient vitamin C, oxidation reactions in the bloodstream could lead to ailments such as strokes, heart disease, and cataracts.
En sonder genoeg vitamien C kan oksidasiereaksies in die bloedstroom beroertes, hartsiekte, katarakte en ander siektes tot gevolg hê.

If an accumulation of galactose occurs, severe liver damage, kidney deformity, mental retardation, hypoglycemia, and even cataracts can result.
As galaktose opbou, kan dit ernstige lewerskade, niermisvorming, verstandelike vertraging, bloedsuikertekort en selfs katarakte tot gevolg hê.

Cataracts are one of the long-term effects of exposure to UV radiation.
Katarakte is een van die langtermyngevolge van blootstelling aan UV-straling.

▪ Airline pilots are three times more likely than others to develop cataracts, possibly because of increased exposure to cosmic rays. —THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, U.S.A.
▪ Die moontlikheid dat vlieëniers katarakte sal ontwikkel, is drie keer groter as by ander mense, moontlik weens verhoogde blootstelling aan kosmiese strale.—THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, VSA.

However, too much of this particular radiation causes skin cancer and eye cataracts.
Maar te veel ultravioletstraling veroorsaak velkanker en oogkatarakke.

Increased radiation puts people at greater risk of sunburn, skin cancer, and cataracts, notes the report.
Toenemende straling vergroot mense se risiko van sonbrand, velkanker en katarakte, sê die verslag.

Were Niagara but a cataract of sand, would you travel your thousand miles to see it?
Was Niagara maar ́n katarak van sand, sou jy jou duisende kilometers reis om dit te sien?

As many as 15 million people earth wide are blind because of cataracts, the world’s leading cause of blindness.
Tot 15 miljoen mense regoor die aarde is blind as gevolg van katarakte, die wêreld se vernaamste oorsaak van blindheid.

Earth turns into mud, steps turn into miniature cataracts, and garbage comes tobogganing through the rivers that swell in the gutters.
Die grond verander in modder, trappe verander in miniatuurwatervalle en vullis word deur die riviere meegesleur wat in die straatvore ontstaan.

In it, he described such advanced procedures as the use of catgut for internal stitching, the removal of bladder stones using an instrument inserted through the urinary passage, thyroidectomy, and the removal of cataracts.
Hierin het hy gevorderde prosedures beskryf, soos die gebruik van dermsnaar vir inwendige steke, die verwydering van blaasstene met behulp van ’n instrument wat deur die urienweg ingesteek word, die uitsnyding van skildklierweefsel en die verwydering van katarakte.

I’ve seen them crossing cataracts!”
Ek het al gesien hoe hulle oor katarakte swem!”

The rays cause eye cataracts and skin cancers in humans.
Die strale veroorsaak oogkatarakte en velkanker by mense.

A surgeon in Ireland was puzzled when a 72-year-old woman twice developed serious eye infections just prior to having cataract surgery.
’n Chirurg in Ierland was dronkgeslaan toe ’n 72-jarige vrou twee keer ’n ernstige ooginfeksie opgedoen het net voor ’n katarakoperasie.

In fact, it is estimated that up to 20 percent of cataracts are caused or worsened by chronic sun exposure.
Trouens, volgens skatting word tot 20 persent van katarakte deur langdurige sonblootstelling veroorsaak of vererger.

The effects of increased ultraviolet radiation from a hole in the ozone layer “include skin cancer and cataracts, plus trouble for phytoplankton, the base of the marine food chain,” said the Journal.
Die gevolge van verhoogde ultravioletbestraling weens ’n gat in die osoonlaag “sluit velkanker en katarakte in, plus probleme vir fitoplankton, die begin van die voedselketting in die see”, het die Journal gesê.

The resulting swelling and bursting of cells in the eye produce cataracts.
Die gevolglike swelling van selle in die oog wat uiteindelik bars, veroorsaak katarakte.

This prophecy also means no more Alzheimer’s disease, osteoporosis, fibroid tumors, glaucoma, or even cataracts —so common in old age.
Hierdie profesie beteken ook dat daar nie meer Alzheimer se siekte, osteoporose, veselgewasse, gloukoom of selfs katarakte—wat so algemeen is by bejaardes—sal wees nie.

In recent years my eyesight has deteriorated because of cataracts.
In die laaste jare het my sig verswak as gevolg van katarakte.

Thus, millions of poor people in Africa, Asia, Central America, and South America are blind because they cannot afford to have an operation to remove their cataracts.
Miljoene arm mense in Afrika, Asië en Sentraal- en Suid-Amerika is dus blind omdat hulle nie ’n operasie kan bekostig om hulle katarakte te verwyder nie.

Sadly, the so-called cataract belt near the equator includes developing countries where the majority of people are poor.
Ongelukkig sluit die sogenaamde katarakstreek naby die ewenaar ontwikkelende lande in, waar die meeste mense arm is.

Cataracts form when proteins in an eye’s lens unravel, tangle, and accumulate pigments that cloud the lens.
Katarakte vorm wanneer proteïene in die lens van ’n oog uitrafel, deurmekaar raak en pigmente versamel wat die lens laat vertroebel.

Their hopes were dashed, however, when they encountered rapids near the town of Kratie, in Cambodia, and a formidable series of cataracts called the Khone Falls, in southern Laos.
Hulle verwagtinge was egter verpletter toe hulle stroomversnellings naby die dorp Kratie, in Kambodja, teëgekom het sowel as ’n ontsaglike reeks katarakte wat die Khone-waterval genoem word, in die suide van Laos.

Three and a half years after the nuclear accident in Chernobyl, U.S.S.R., local residents, “especially children, are afflicted with swollen thyroid glands, sluggishness, cataracts and a rise in the cancer rate,” according to the Manchester Guardian Weekly.
Drie en ’n half jaar na die kernongeluk in Tsjernobil, USSR, word plaaslike inwoners, “veral kinders, geteister deur geswelde skildkliere, traagheid, katarakte en ’n styging in die kankersyfer”, aldus die Manchester Guardian Weekly.

The New Encyclopædia Britannica notes: “Cataract is still high on the list of causes of blindness in many countries in the world, and this is all the more tragic in that it is so easily curable by surgical means.”
The New Encyclopædia Britannica sê: “In baie lande in die wêreld staan katarakte steeds hoog op die lys oorsake van blindheid, en wat dit selfs treuriger maak, is dat dit so maklik deur chirurgie genees kan word.”

As we get older, our vision may decline as a result of such disorders as macular degeneration and glaucoma, and we cannot omit cataracts.
Namate ons ouer word, verswak ons sig dalk as gevolg van kwale soos makuladegenerasie en gloukoom; en ons moet ook nie van katarakte vergeet nie.