Polar

(anterior or posterior), the opacity is confined to one pole of the lens. C., Pyramidal, the opacity is at the anterior pole and is conoid, the apex extending forward. C, Recurrent Capsular, or Secondary, capsular cataract, appearing after the extraction of the lens. C, Ripe. See C., Mature. C, Senile, the cataract of old persons, the most frequent form, and that understood when not specified as congenital, juvenile, traumatic, “soft, etc. C, Soft, is especially that of the young; the lens matter is of soft consistency and milky appearance. C, Unripe. See C, Immature. C, Zonular. See C, Lamellar. ch189.xhtml c 179