eye drops

plural noun

\ ˈī-ˌdräps

variants: or less commonly eyedrops

Definition of eye drops

: a medicated solution for the eyes that is applied in drops —usually singular and hyphenated when used before another noun Most cases of chronic glaucoma are treated with eye-drop medications that reduce pressure in the eye.— Oz Hopkins Koglin

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Theron took a bottle of eye drops out of her tiny black clutch and reapplied her lipstick before she was hurried out of the restroom. — Beth Harris And Lynn Elber, The Seattle Times, "Off-camera at the Globes with Roberts, Ali, Theron," 7 Jan. 2019 If that’s not enough (or not possible), your doctor may recommend anti-allergy medications in the form of eye drops, pills, nasal sprays, and the like, according to the Mayo Clinic. — Korin Miller, SELF, "8 Possible Reasons Your Contacts Feel So Scratchy," 8 Aug. 2018 The four bottles of eye drops recovered had a value of $30.56. — Staff Report, chicagotribune.com, "Norridge and Harwood Heights police reports," 13 July 2018 That’s about the same result as injections or earlier experiments with steel microneedles coated with the medicine; eye drops had almost no effect, even at a relatively high dose. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Delivering drugs directly to the eye using microneedles that dissolve," 9 Nov. 2018 Since a range of things can cause keratitis, potential treatments include eye drops or oral medications containing antibiotic, antifungal, or antiviral drugs. — Korin Miller, SELF, "8 Possible Reasons Your Contacts Feel So Scratchy," 8 Aug. 2018 Thomas, Froome, world champion Peter Sagan and other riders were treated with eye drops due to the tear gas amid a 15-minute delay. — Andrew Dampf, The Seattle Times, "Alaphilippe wins protest-hit stage, Thomas keeps Tour lead," 24 July 2018 After feeling debris in her eye, Katherine Gaydos asked a man operating a leaf blower to grab the eye drops from her purse. — Anna Zambelli, Good Housekeeping, "Woman Accidentally "Super Glues" Her Eyelid Shut," 9 Oct. 2015 Many patients take prescription eye drops to slow or prevent their vision loss, but there’s no proven way to reverse damage already done. — Rebecca Robbins, STAT, "A daredevil researcher’s latest quest: to restore sight lost to glaucoma using virtual reality," 2 July 2018

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