eye drops

plural noun

ˈī-ˌdräps 

variants or less commonly eyedrops

: 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

Examples of eye drops in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first-line treatments are anti-amoebic eye drops such as chlorhexidine, propamidine isethionate, hexamidine or PHMB, which is unlicensed in some countries, including the United States, Lorenzo-Morales said. —Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026

All users have to do is apply the new eye drops once or twice per day. —Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 23 Dec. 2025

Other high school projects included designing crops to grow on Mars and developing eye drops to treat cataracts. —Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025

He is now being treated with oral antibiotics and eye drops every two hours in the hope of preserving what sight remains. —Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eye drops

• countertops
• mountaintops
• backdrops
• bookshops
• cyclops
• desktops
• dewdrops
• esops
• hilltops
• housetops
• hydrops
• laptops

Medical Definition

eye drops

noun plural

variants also eyedrops

ˈī-ˌdräps 

: a medicated solution for the eyes that is applied in drops

eye-drop

-ˌdräp 

adjective

or eyedrop