the lowly East with its deer head (dark trace of long tear at inner canthus
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Canthus
//ˈkænθəs//
Synonyms for "canthus"
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26 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κανθός noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Arabic
3 entries- لِحَاظ noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
- مَأْق noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
- مَأْقًى noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кантус noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Catalan
1 entries- cua de l'ull noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 眥 /眦 noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
- 眼角 noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Czech
1 entries- oční koutek noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Finnish
1 entries- silmäkulma noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
French
3 entries- canthus noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
- coin de l'œil noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
- coin de la paupière noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Galician
1 entries- rabiño do ollo noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
German
2 entries- Augenwinkel noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
- Lidwinkel noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Greek
1 entries- κανθός noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Hawaiian
1 entries- luaʻuhane (only refers to medial canthus) noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Hungarian
1 entries- szemzug noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Italian
1 entries- coda dell'occhio noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Māori
2 entries- pī noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
- pī o te karu noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Persian
1 entries- چشمگوشه noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Portuguese
1 entries- canto noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Romanian
1 entries- cantus noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Swedish
1 entries- ögonvrå noun (corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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