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canthus

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkænθəs/Part of speech nounSorted achnstuStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin canthus (“corner of the eye”), from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).

Used in a sentence

  • the lowly East with its deer head (dark trace of long tear at inner canthus
  • I could sit here while the milk makes white shadows in its glass, while darkness mutters behind the window, and wait for a tear to show itself in the creased canthus of your eye.
  • A ground electrode located between Fpz and Fz. The electro-oculogram (EOG) was recorded bipolarly from two electrodes placed at the outer canthi of the right eye and below the left eye.

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