eye (i) the organ of vision.
exciting eye,
black eye a bruise of the tissue around the eye, marked by discoloration, swelling, and pain.
crossed eyes esotropia.
exciting eye the eye that is primarily injured and from which the influences start which involve the other eye in sympathetic ophthalmia.
Klieg eye conjunctivitis, edema of the eyelids, lacrimation, and photophobia due to exposure to intense lights (Klieg lights).
pink eye acute contagious conjunctivitis.
shipyard eye epidemic keratoconjunctivitis.
wall eye
1. leukoma of the cornea.
2. exophoria.
ex·cit·ing eye ( k-s  tng)n. The injured eye in sympathetic ophthalmia. |
exciting eye,
(in sympathetic ophthalmia) the eye that sustains a penetrating injury and causes an inflammatory reaction in the fellow eye. Also called inciting eye.
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