What's the difference between eyedrop and tear?

Eyedrop


Definition:

  • (n.) A tear.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Poults 3 weeks and older developed temporary tracheal resistance to intranasal challenge following inoculation of either Artvax vaccine or formalin-inactivated Bordetella avium bacterin by the intranasal and eyedrop routes.
  • (2) Allergic contact dermatitis to nitrofurazone has been reported from Europe and elsewhere from the use of eyedrops and topical ointments, and the drug in some livestock feeds and veterinary medications has caused a few cases of allergic contact dermatitis in humans.
  • (3) Both viruses when placed in eyedrop solutions at room temperature sustained their infectivity for more than 20 days.
  • (4) Although the amount of drug delivered to the eye from the ocular therapeutic system was one fifth that obtained from the eyedrops, the decrease of intraocular pressure was comparable.
  • (5) The healing effect caused by chloroethyldeoxyuridine was comparable to that obtained with 0.1% and 0.5% bromovinylde-oxyuridine eyedrops.
  • (6) We describe the diffuse skin changes noted in a 72-year-old patient five days after starting eyedrop therapy.
  • (7) Epinephrine bitartrate eyedrops reduce tear film pH well below normal.
  • (8) If mass screening of pregnant women is not possible, Crede's silver nitrate eyedrops are recommended to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum.
  • (9) Occlusion of the nasolacrimal passage with finger pressure immediately after instillation of any eyedrop also decreases the amount of drug that is absorbed systemically.
  • (10) In patients with pupillary dilation lag on the usual side of headache, miosis persisted after 4% cocaine eyedrops.
  • (11) Group 1 (twenty patients) were treated with chloramphenicol ointment and an eye patch for six hours followed by chloramphenicol eyedrops six time a day for six days.
  • (12) This clinical study was designed to evaluate the difference between preoperative treatment of the conjunctiva with either gentamicin eyedrops or a half-strength povidone iodine solution.
  • (13) We found that changes in the outer and inner diameters of an eyedropper tip can alter eyedrop volume markedly.
  • (14) The low arginase content of rabbit tears can be supplemented by arginase applied as eyedrops, and this results in the cure of the herpetic process.
  • (15) Because the patient rarely associates the use of an eyedrop with problems in his or her general health, it is especially incumbent upon the physician to suspect and recognize these problems.
  • (16) The effect of combined treatment with an oral beta-blocking agent (propranolol tablets 40 mg twice a day) and a local alpha- and beta-agonist (epinephrine eyedrops twice a day) was studied in 10 healthy volunteers.
  • (17) Usually the physician carries drugs for respiratory infections, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, gastrointestinal medications, antihistamines, eyedrops, local anaesthetics and dermatological medications.
  • (18) The glaucoma was controlled with pilocarpine eyedrops and the luxation spontaneously reduced.
  • (19) The cardiovascular side effects of the abrupt cessation of treatment with 0.5% levobunolol hydrochloride eyedrops in 10 healthy subjects (5 women and 5 men) aged 18 to 30 years were investigated in a double-blind randomized crossover study.
  • (20) These findings are consistent with the efficacy of 0.5% bromovinyldeoxyuridine eyedrops in the topical treatment of herpes simplex uveitis.

Tear


Definition:

  • (n.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.
  • (n.) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
  • (n.) That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
  • (v. t.) To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
  • (v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
  • (v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
  • (v. t.) To move violently; to agitate.
  • (v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.
  • (v. i.) To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
  • (n.) The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
  • (2) For the case described by the author primary tearing of the chiasma due to sudden applanation of the skull in the frontal region with burstfractures in the anterior cranial fossa is assumed.
  • (3) For the 20 patients who received treatment in the latter period (1987-1990), we gave priority to conservative treatment for type T cases that were free from complications, and adopted a treatment method attaching greater importance to the resection of intimal tears.
  • (4) Recently the presence of a coating inhibitory factor was described in human tears which can prevent the binding of proteins to a solid phase.
  • (5) The typical signs of muscle tears and neuromuscular diseases in relation to normal sonomorphology are discussed.
  • (6) In one case MRI showed a false image of tear of the supra spinatus m. on its anterior edge.
  • (7) If a tear is found, remove all unstable meniscal fragments, leaving a rim, if possible, especially adjacent to the popliteus recess, and then proceed to open cystectomy.
  • (8) In contrast, significant tear IgG increase was observed during the rejection phenomenon.
  • (9) At least one of these manipulative tests was positive in 79% of meniscal tears.
  • (10) Tests were undertaken to study resistance to tears in laser welded dental metal alloys.
  • (11) Death, helicopter crashes and tears: nurses' career-defining moments Read more Of course, we still continue to accept and treat patients as we always have.
  • (12) Even a long tear with a stable reduced position can be expected to show good healing.
  • (13) Shell casings littered the main road, tear gas hung in the air and security forces beat local residents.
  • (14) According to Israeli media reports, the US statement had caused "senior officials in Jerusalem to tear out their hair".
  • (15) The patients usually had a history of recurrent hamstring "tears."
  • (16) Egged on by Israel, Trump has threatened to tear up Obama’s landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
  • (17) This approach was used in 42 shoulders with rotator cuff tears or posterior instability without complications of infection, failure of deltoid healing, or compromise of suprascapular or axillary nerves.
  • (18) Perhaps it’s the lot of people like my colleagues here in the centre and me to wrestle with our consciences, shed tears, lose sleep and try to make the best of a very bad, heart-breaking job and leave the rest of the world to party, get pissed and celebrate Christmas.
  • (19) The MRI scan is a highly accurate, noninvasive modality for documentation of meniscal pathology as well as cruciate ligament tears in the knee.
  • (20) Lateral ligament tear is often associated with anterior cruciate ligament tear.

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