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Definition of Eyedrops
1. a medicated solution for the eyes applied in drops [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyedrops
Literary usage of Eyedrops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1910)
"said Rosamund, 'what if I shed the "screaming eyedrops," as you call them?
They will not hurt me, but relieve. I was sure I should some day envy that girl! ..."
2. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"Use of eyedrops. Sleeping more than usual and at unusual hours. Car accidents,
fender-benders. Adapted from What Works, Schools Without Drugs. ..."
3. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"... from the numbing effects of cocaine eyedrops to the paralyzing fear of cocaine
smugglers in modern novels (Sabbag 1976; Stivers 1985); from the burning ..."
4. Bound for Good Health: A Collection of Age PagesMedical (1993)
"Treatment consists of prescription eyedrops, oral medications, laser treatments,
or in some cases surgery. Glaucoma seldom produces early symptoms, ..."
5. Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society by Massachusetts Medical Society (1901)
"The importance of recognizing the local action of these drugs is often seen ;
patients using others' eyedrops in one or both eyes for some trivial trouble, ..."
6. Handbook of therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein (1920)
"Boric acid washes and eyedrops will generally relieve the itching of the eyes
and eyelids and will be soothing in conjunctivitis. If the nasal discharge is ..."
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