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Meaning of canthus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈkænθəs/

Definitions

Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.

Equivalents

العربية لحاظ مأق مأقى
Ελληνικά κανθός
Suomi silmäkulma
Italiano coda dell'occhio
Português canto
Svenska ögonvrå

Examples

“the lowly East with its deer head (dark trace of long tear at inner canthus”
“I could sit here while the milk makes white shadows in its glass, while darkness mutters behind the window, and wait for a tear to show itself in the creased canthus of your eye.”
“A ground electrode located between Fpz and Fz. The electro-oculogram (EOG) was recorded bipolarly from two electrodes placed at the outer canthi of the right eye and below the left eye.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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