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lateral canthus

lateral canthus noun: the outer corner of the eye.

lateral canthus: the outer corner of the eye
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Noun

lateral canthus (plural lateral canthi or lateral canthuses)

  1. The outer corner of the eye.
    • Coordinate term: medial canthus
    • She was working on Wúràọlá’s eyes, tracing a line towards her lateral canthus.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 293

Forms of lateral canthus

plurallateral canthi
plurallateral canthuses

Questions about lateral canthus

What does lateral canthus mean?
Lateral canthus means the outer corner of the eye.
What part of speech is lateral canthus?
Lateral canthus is a noun.
What is the plural of lateral canthus?
The plural of lateral canthus is lateral canthi.

Words near lateral canthus in the dictionary

  1. lateral aberration
  2. lateral aberrations
  3. lateral area
  4. lateral areas
  5. lateral canthi
  6. lateral canthus
  7. lateral canthuses
  8. lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
  9. lateral cricoarytenoid muscles
  10. lateral cuneiform bone
  11. lateral cuneiform bones

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