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Definition of Eyestone
1. n. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidæ, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance.
Definition of Eyestone
1. Noun. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, especially an operculum of a small shell of the family ''Tubinidae'', used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. ¹
2. Noun. (minerology) eye agate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eyestone
1. a disk used to remove foreign matter from the eye [n -S]
Medical Definition of Eyestone
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1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, especially. An operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with the substance.
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Literary usage of Eyestone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Charles Asbury Stephens (1922)
"CHAPTER XXIII WHEN I WENT AFTER THE eyestone A FEW evenings ago, I read in a
Boston newspaper that, as the result of a close contest, Isaac Kane Woodbridge ..."
2. History of Colorado by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)
"Mr. Briggs was united in marriage to Miss Nannie eyestone, a daughter of WJ
eyestone, who at one time was a prominent public official of Iowa. ..."
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