noun
- Small cup-shaped devices designed to fit over the eye socket, used to apply liquid medication or saline solution to the eye.
Usage: Usually used in plural or as a countable noun.; Also called an eye bath or optrex cup in some regions.
Examples
- The doctor recommended using eyecups to rinse out the irritant from her eye.
- She filled the eyecups with saline solution before applying them.
- Eyecups are available at most pharmacies without a prescription.
- He carefully positioned the eyecup over his eye to flush away the dust.
- The nurse showed the patient how to use eyecups properly.
- Eyecups come in different sizes to fit various eye shapes.