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Definition of Eyeball

1. Verb. Look at. "Sam cannot eyeball Sue "

Definition of Eyeball

1. n. The ball or globe of the eye.

Definition of Eyeball

1. Noun. the ball of the eye ¹

2. Verb. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye; to look or glance at. ¹

3. Verb. To scrutinize ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eyeball

1. to eye [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: eye

Medical Definition of Eyeball

1. The eye proper without the appendages. Synonym: bulbus oculi, bulb of eye, globe of eye. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyeball

Literary usage of Eyeball

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"The secretory nerves are contained in the lacrimal and subcutaneous malar branches of the fifth nerve, and in the cervical sympathetic. The eyeball. ..."

2. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"The anterior or corneal segment, forming only about one-sixth of the entire eyeball, possesses a shorter radius than the hinder or sclerotic segment. ..."

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1908)
"THE eyeball. THE eyeball is not perfectly spherical ; it may be said to be composed of the segments of two spheres. The anterior or corneal segment, ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"In dealing with monocular vision we rarely had occasion to refer specially to the movements of the eyeball; but in binocular vision these play an important ..."

5. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical by Henry Gray (1867)
"The eyeball is composed of several investing tunics, and of fluid and solid ... The sclerotic and cornea form the most external tunic of the eyeball ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1856)
"Scirrhus of the eyeball? Under the name of scirrhus of the eyeball, some authors describe a disorganized state of it, characterized by its being misshapen ..."

7. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"The globular eyeball is capable of extensive and free movement on the ... The movements of the eyeball, however, are limited by certain conditions, ..."

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