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EYEBALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
Synonyms:
eyeball; orb
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("eyeball" is a kind of...):
capsule (a structure that encloses a body part)
Holonyms ("eyeball" is a part of...):
eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)
Derivation:
eyeball (look at)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Look at
Synonyms:
eye; eyeball
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "eyeball" is one way to...):
look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot eyeball Sue
Derivation:
eyeball (the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye)
Context examples:
The researchers induced optic nerve damage in mice using forceps to crush the optic nerve of one eye just behind the eyeball.
(Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain, NIH)
First came a fluttering of the eyeballs, so that she was compelled to close her eyes for relief.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Increased pressure in both eyeballs due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor.
(Bilateral Glaucoma, NCI Thesaurus)
That part of the eyeball anterior to the lens.
(Anterior Eye Segment, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is ophthalmologically significant in that it appears on the outer surface of the eyeball as a slight furrow, marking the line between the clear cornea and the sclera.
(Corneoscleral Limbus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The outermost layer of the eyeball consisting of both the sclera and the cornea.
(Corneoscleral Coat, NCI Thesaurus)
If it were his eyeballs only that were affected, or if his optic nerve were not wholly destroyed, the explanation was simple.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Abnormal recession of the eyeball within the eye socket.
(Enophthalmos, NCI Thesaurus)
The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea.
(Murine Sclera, NCI Thesaurus)
Administration to the conjunctiva, the delicate membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the exposed surface of the eyeball.
(Conjunctival Route of Administration, Food and Drug Administration/CDISC)
