ocular
Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sightOf, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
» Insufficient illumination is deleterious to ocular health.
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3 sensesOf, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight
The medication may have adverse ocular side effects.
It took some time after he lost his eye for him to receive his ocular prosthesis.
Augen-, okular
глазно́йglaznój
о́чнийóčnyj
relating to or using sight
Resembling the eye.
ocular markings on the wings of a butterfly
of or relating to or resembling the eye
Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.
Examples
8 sentencesInsufficient illumination is deleterious to ocular health.
My eyes are filled with ocular discharge.
An ocularist is a person who makes ocular prosthetics.
An oculist doesn't make ocular prosthetics; that's an ocularist.
A colloquial term for an ocular prosthetic is a glass eye.
Translations
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Origin
Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
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Forms
more ocular, most ocular| Comparative | more ocular Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most ocular Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
41 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.