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eye-drop

eye-drop

6 3.4
A small drop of medicine put into the eye to help it feel better
  • noun
  • /ˈaɪˌdrɒp/
translation icon : gota para los ojos
  • He needed eye drops to make that happen.
  • put in eye drops
  • prescribed eye drops
  • eye drops that ease redness

She's on three rounds of eye drops a day and pain relief and I don't.

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Examples

  • He's on eye drops, so he's comfortable, but his eyesight remains poor.

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  • And then you want to take any standard redness removing eye drop which takes the red out of your eyes.

  • I went to the doctor, you know, I got these eye drops, I got this cream.

  • You can also use Fix Plus or eye drops in place of this.

  • So the first thing I start with doing my makeup is probably some eye drops just to wake up the eyes.

  • We have to use the eye drops to keep her eyes moistened around the clock.

  • After the surgery, she was prescribed a cocktail of eye drops that she must take for 3 weeks.

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  • We stop at a drugstore where he buys eye drops.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Need some eye drops?

  • I applied eye drops every morning to relieve my dry eyes.

Synonyms

drop
vseye-drop
349 1.0

A very small amount of liquid like water

means a small medicated dose for the eyes or putting it into them
droplet
vseye-drop
27 3.4

A very small drop of liquid

refers to a tiny medicine dose used for the eyes or applying it
eyedrop
vseye-drop
6 3.4

A small drop of medicine put into the eye

is identical in meaning but written with a hyphen

Surface Forms

eye-drop singular
eye-drops plural

Morphology

eye-drop = eye + drop (transparent) = eye + drop

A straightforward compound where a 'drop' intended for the 'eye' yields the medical meaning.

Etymology

The word eye-drop comes from the simple parts eye and drop. Picture a tiny 'drop' falling into the 'eye' like a raindrop, and that's why it means a small amount of liquid medicine put into the eye or the act of putting it in.