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artificial eye

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noun

  1. a manufactured eye of glass, plastic, or other material, usually hemispherical or cup-shaped, worn cosmetically over a blind eye or in the socket of a lost eye and sometimes attached to muscles to provide movement.

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I don’t know what to do with it for the artificial eye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Earlier versions of artificial eye devices required external power sources and cables that extended outside the eye.

From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025

According to the NHS's National Artificial Eye Service, a prosthetic eye shell - also known as a cosmetic shell - is a thin artificial eye individually manufactured for patients.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

He lost his eye so he has an artificial eye.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2021

In many places in Africa and elsewhere the similarity of this shell to the half-closed eyelids led to its use as an artificial "eye" in mummies.

From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot

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