eyedrop
Medicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquidMedicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid.
» My doctor told me to put the eyedrops in my eyes three times a day.
Meaning
2 sensesMedicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid.
Augentropfen
(poetic)A tear.
- a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists
- a drop from an eye dropper
Examples
5 sentencesMy doctor told me to put the eyedrops in my eyes three times a day.
Mary uses eyedrops for her dry eyes.
deMaria benutzt für ihre trockenen Augen Augentropfen.
We've got eyedrops and an oral antibiotic to give them.
Do you have eyedrops?
ruУ тебя есть глазные капли?
Now, where are my eyedrops?
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From eye + drop. Compare West Frisian eachdrip (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”), Dutch oogdruFrom eye + drop. Compare West Frisian eachdrip (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”), Dutch oogdrup (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”). Compare also German Augentropfen (“eyedrops”).
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