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noun
Medicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drop, medicine, medication, drug
noun
A tear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: teardrop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drop
noun
a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: eye-drop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: irrigation
Narrower terms: adrenergic agonist eyedrop, beta blocker eyedrop, miotic eyedrop, topical prostaglandin eyedrop
noun
a drop from an eye dropper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: eye-drop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drop, drib, driblet
History
From eye + drop. Compare West Frisian eachdrip (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”), Dutch oogdrup (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”). Compare also German Augentropfen (“eyedrops”).
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
