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cataract
Opacity of the eye's crystalline lens. Cataracts causing central visual-field defects are most likely to affect vision. Cataracts may occur in newborns and infants. Diabetes mellitus, prolonged exposure to ultraviolet rays, or trauma can cause them in adults, but they most often occur with age, resulting from gradual loss of transparency of the lens. Treatment is a surgical procedure to replace the lens with an artificial one.


jacama
Leguminous vine (Pachyrhizus erosus, or P. tuberosus), also called yam bean. A native of Mexico and Central and S. America, it is grown for its edible root. The irregularly globular, brown-skinned tubers are white-fleshed, crisp, and juicy. There are two varieties, those with clear juice and those with milky juice. Both have a mild flavor and are eaten raw or cooked. Sometimes very young seedpods of the plant are eaten, but the mature seeds are highly toxic.


Jakarta
Capital (pop., 1995 est.: 9,161,000) and largest city of Indonesia. Located on the NW coast of Java, it was founded in 1527 after the sultan of Bantam defeated the Portuguese on the site. The Dutch took control in 1619, renaming it Batavia and establishing it as the headquarters of the Dutch E. India Co. In 1949 the city was renamed and made Indonesia's capital. A major trade, industrial, and financial center, it is also the seat of several universities.


Jaworski
U.S. lawyer. Born in Waco, Texas, he became a prominent attorney, and was a prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials (1945-46). He reached national prominence in 1973, when he was chosen as special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate scandal. He argued successfully before the U.S. Supreme Court that Pres. R. Nixon was obligated to obey a subpoena for 64 White House tape recordings. In response to criticism for not prosecuting Nixon, he said he felt Nixon could not receive a fair trial.


Kawabata
Japanese novelist. His writing echoes ancient Japanese forms in prose influenced by post-World War I French literary currents such as Dadaism and Expressionism. His best-known novel is Snow Country (1948), the story of a forlorn geisha. His other major works (published together in 1952) are A Thousand Cranes and The Sound of the Mountain. The loneliness and preoccupation with death in many of his mature works may derive from his losing all his near relatives while he was young. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1968. He died a suicide.


Kawasaki
City (pop., 1995: 1,203,000) and port, Honshu, Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, between Tokyo and Yokohama. Almost completely destroyed in World War II, it has since been rebuilt. It is a major industrial center for machinery and chemicals, as well as having shipbuilding facilities. It is the site of a 12th-cent. Buddhist temple.


Mataram
Historic kingdom, Java. Originally a vassal state of Pajang, it became powerful under Senapati, ...

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