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Eyecup

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Noun

1. eye cup, eyebath, eyecup

a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball

Example Sentences:
'an eyecup is called an eyebath in Britain'

2. eyecup, optic cup

(embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eyecup

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noun
US and Canadian
a small vessel with a rim shaped to fit round the eye, used for applying medicated or cleansing solutions to the eyeball
. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): eyebath

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Eyecup

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noun
a small cup whose rim is shaped to fit over the eye, used in applying medicine to the eyes or in washing them

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eyecup

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n.
1. A small cup with a rim contoured to fit the socket of the eye, used for applying a liquid medicine or wash to the eye. Also called eye bath, eyeglass.
2. Embryology See optic cup.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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