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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.

   "the lowly East with its deer head (dark trace of long tear at inner canthus"

2. 2
   either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet wordnet

Example

More examples

"the lowly East with its deer head (dark trace of long tear at inner canthus"

Etymology

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

Related phrases

lateral canthusmedial canthus

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