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Meaning of CANTHUS

Pronunciation:  'kanthus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet
 
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 See Also: corner, eye, nasal canthus, oculus, optic, peeper, temporal canthus

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Can"thus\, n.; pl. {Canthi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Anat.)
The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each
side of the eye.
 

 

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