eye
eye definition - medical
eye (ī)
noun- An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
- Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the organ of vision.
- The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
- The pigmented iris of this organ.
- The faculty of seeing; vision.
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