"eardrop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eardrops [plural]
Etymology: From ear + drop. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ear|drop}} ear + drop Head templates: {{en-noun}} eardrop (plural eardrops)
  1. (pharmacy, chiefly in the plural) Alternative form of ear drop Tags: alt-of, alternative, in-plural Alternative form of: ear drop Categories (topical): Pharmacy
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  2. (archaic) A pendant for the ear; an earring. Tags: archaic Translations (pendant for the ear): oorkrabbetjie (Afrikaans), oorhanger (Afrikaans), oorbel (Afrikaans), висяща обица (visjašta obica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 耳鉤 /耳钩 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 耳環 /耳环 (hīⁿ-khoân, hī-khoân) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 耳環 /耳环 (alt: ji⁵ waan⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 耳環 /耳环 (ěrhuán) (Chinese Mandarin), korvakoru (Finnish), 耳環 /耳环 (ngí-vàn) (Hakka Chinese), kapeu (Maori), серьга́-подве́ска (serʹgá-podvéska) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eardrop-en-noun-Li3luy01 Disambiguation of 'pendant for the ear': 7 92 1
  3. A plant of the genus Ehrendorferia in the family Papaveraceae, native to California. Synonyms (Ehrendorferia): bleeding heart Synonyms (medication): ear-drop, ear drop
    Sense id: en-eardrop-en-noun-hKlNVHeJ Categories (other): Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Hakka translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 50 5 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Hakka translations: 50 5 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 46 5 49 Disambiguation of 'Ehrendorferia': 0 0 100 Disambiguation of 'medication': 30 5 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (medicine): капки за уши (kapki za uši) [plural] (Bulgarian), 滴耳劑 /滴耳剂 (dī'ěrjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 滴耳液 (dī'ěryè) (Chinese Mandarin), korvatippa (Finnish), fülcsepp (Hungarian), ушны́е ка́пли (ušnýje kápli) [feminine, plural] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'medicine': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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