CANTHUS (canthi)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: canthi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does canthus mean? 

• CANTHUS (noun)
  The noun CANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet

  Familiarity information: CANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("canthus" is a kind of...):

corner (the point where two lines meet or intersect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canthus"):

nasal canthus (the inner corner of the eye)

temporal canthus (the outer corner of the eye)

Holonyms ("canthus" is a part of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

 Context examples 

A small epidermoid structure of the conjunctiva of the eye that lies near the inner canthus.

(Caruncle, NCI Thesaurus)

The commonest site is around the eye, particularly lateral to the outer canthus.

(Apocrine Hidrocystoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)