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Definition of Nasal canthus
1. Noun. The inner corner of the eye.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nasal Canthus
Literary usage of Nasal canthus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery by Thomas Wharton Jones (1863)
"The secondary fissure is closed by the action of the orbicularis muscle at the
same time as the eyelids. The space within the inner or nasal canthus is ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1841)
"I afterwards operated upon a lady whose right eye was turned so much inwards that
it was with difficulty she could draw the pupil from the nasal canthus ..."
3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The naso-lacrymal conduit commences by two apertures at the nasal canthus, and
terminates below and a little before the middle ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"The naso-lacrymal conduit commences by two apertures at the nasal canthus, and
terminates below and a little before the middle ..."
5. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"Point of union of the upper and lower eyelids at the temporal (canthus minor)
and nasal (canthus major) angles of the eye. (CFH) Capacity [Lat. capax, ..."
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