canthus
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From Latin canthus, from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthos).
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canthus (plural canthi)
- (anatomy) either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet
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- 1955: the lowly East with its deer head (dark trace of long tear at inner canthus) — Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
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