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dry eye

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dry eye noun

  1. An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.
  2. An eye which is affected by this disease.
  3. An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.“There wasn't a dry eye in the audience after her heart-wrenching performance.”

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dry eye synd…keratoconjun…xeropthalmiadacryopsxeromaoculopathykeratomalaciaxerosisepiphoraxerophthalmusdry eye

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