Glossary: La Cataracte
French English Definitions/Examples
Random Phrases
Conceptual information
What is a cataract
French English Definitions/Examples
- Acuité visuelle Visual acuity / Sharpness (keenness) of vision
- Ambulatoire ambulatory care - a type of outpatient care (outpatient more idiomatic)
- Anesthésie péri-bulbaire peribulbar block - local anaesthetic injected above and below the eye socket
- Anesthésie topique topical anaesthesia - a type of local anaesthetic which does not require an injection
- Capsule du cristallin lens capsule - a clear membrane which surrounds the lens and helps mould the shape
- Cécité Loss of sight / blindness
- Chirurgie (de la cataracte) au laser femtoseconde (CCLF) (refractive) laser-assisted cataract surgery (LACS/ReLACS)
- Chirurgie assistée par laser laser-assisted (cataract) surgery
- Convalescence (la) recovery/recuperation period
- Cristallin lens (noun) crystalline/crystal/clear (adj.)
- Échographie (an) ultrasound - e.g. he did an ultrasound
- Fixer son regard to focus (your eyes)
- Gene aux rayons lumineux sensitivity to light
- Gouttes drops/droplets
- Humeur vitrée vitreous (humour) - clear gelatinous liquid which helps the eye maintain its shape
- Implant intraoculaire intraocular lens (implant)
- Lentille lens
- Myopie forte severe short-sightedness / myopia
- Opacification the process of becoming cloudy/cloudiness
- Ophtalmologue/ophtalmologiste ophthalmologist - eye doctor
- Phacoémulsification (PKE) Phacoemulsification
- Rétine retina
- Stade phase/stage
- Ultrasons ultrasound - e.g. he uses ultrasound
- Vision floue/trouble blurry vision
Random Phrases
- … est introduit (into the body) … is inserted/implanted
- il s’agit de it is a question of
- il se trouve it is found/situated/It lies/it is
- voie d’abord medical approach
Conceptual information
What is a cataract
- when the lens becomes cloudy causing short-sightedness (myopia) and dull or blurry vision
- most often caused by age when the proteins in the eye clump together
- other suspected causes are diabetes, smoking and prolonged exposure to UV light (sunlight)
- phacoemulsification cataract surgery
- most common type of cataract surgery
- small incisions and an intraocular (IOL) implant
- cataract is broken up using ultrasound and the fragments are removed from the eye using suction
- the folded/flexible IOL implant is inserted and unfolds in the same place as the original lens (behind the pupil)
- (refractive) laser-assisted cataract surgery (LACS/ReLACS)
- use of a femtosecond laser instead of handheld surgical instruments