"dry eye" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-dry eye.ogg Forms: dry eyes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dry eye (countable and uncountable, plural dry eyes)
  1. (uncountable) An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-dry_eye-en-noun-NTjCa6y4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English negative polarity items, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Diseases, Eye Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 5 6 Disambiguation of English negative polarity items: 82 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 5 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 5 6 Disambiguation of Diseases: 46 38 17 Disambiguation of Eye: 25 39 36
  2. (countable) An eye which is affected by this disease. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-dry_eye-en-noun-vv4ACoMU Categories (other): Diseases, Eye Disambiguation of Diseases: 46 38 17 Disambiguation of Eye: 25 39 36
  3. (idiomatic) An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dry_eye-en-noun-hT-jGLps Categories (other): Diseases, Eye Disambiguation of Diseases: 46 38 17 Disambiguation of Eye: 25 39 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dry-eyed

Inflected forms

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