dry eye

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dry eye

noun dry eyes

uncountable An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.
countable An eye which is affected by this disease.
countable, idiomatic, uncountable 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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@misc{dry_eye_2026,
  title = {dry eye},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dry%20eye},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}