canthus

Feb. 16th, 2011 07:29 am
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canthus (KAN-thuhs) - n., either of the corners of the eye, where the upper and lower lids meet.


From whence the epicanthic fold. Borrowed around 1645 from New Latin, from Greek kanthós.

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