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Eye-drop (Noun)

A drop from an eye dropper.

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.

She carefully squeezed one eye-drop of the medication into her left eye.
The doctor instructed the patient to administer one eye-drop of the antibiotic solution three times a day.
He gently tilted his head back and let the eye-drop fall into his eye.
The nurse showed the patient how to use the eye dropper to release a single eye-drop at a time.
After washing her hands, she carefully placed one eye-drop of the lubricating solution into her dry eye.

A method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists.

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

The ophthalmologist used an eye-drop to flush out the foreign particle from the patient's eye.
The doctor administered a gentle eye-drop to the child to help dislodge the embedded object from the eye.
An eye-drop of sterile saline solution was used to rinse the patient's eye after the procedure.
In an emergency situation, an eye-drop can be used to immediately flush out the eye and reduce damage.
Ophthalmologists typically use a specialized eye-drop device to control the amount of liquid released during the irrigation process.