eyecup

A noun referring to a small vessel with a curved rim designed to fit the eye socket, used for applying medicated or cleansing solutions to the eyeball; also, in embryology, a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un pequeño recipiente con borde curvado que se ajusta a la cuenca del ojo, empleado para aplicar soluciones medicinales o de limpieza sobre el globo ocular; también, en embriología, una depresión en forma de copa de doble pared que se desarrolla en las capas pigmentaria y sensorial de la retina.

1. Ophthalmic vessel B2 formal medical

   A small container with a curved rim designed to fit the eye socket, used for applying a medicated or cleansing liquid to the eyeball.

   • She used an eyecup to rinse her irritated eye with saline solution.
   • The pharmacist recommended an eyecup for applying the eye wash.
   • He filled the eyecup with the prescribed liquid and leaned over the sink.

   🇪🇸Copa ocular

2. Embryonic structure C2 formal scientific

   A two-walled, cup-like depression in an embryo that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina.

   • The optic vesicle invaginates to form the eyecup during early development.
   • The eyecup is a critical structure in the formation of the vertebrate eye.
   • Damage to the eyecup can lead to congenital eye defects.

   🇪🇸Copa óptica

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