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Added 10 October 2026

eyedrop

noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about eyedrop at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Medicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid.

Origin

From eye + drop. Compare West Frisian eachdrip (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”), Dutch oogdrup (“tear”, literally “eyedrop”). Compare also German Augentropfen (“eyedrops”).

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