senile nuclear sclerotic cataract

senile nuclear sclerotic cataract
an increasing hardening of the nucleus of the lens, with the opacity appearing brown or black and the lens becoming inelastic and unable to accommodate; the opacity is usually bilateral, begins between ages 50 and 60, and progresses slowly.

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