the inner or outer corner or angle of the eye, formed by the natural junction of the eyelids
Derived forms
canthal (ˈcanthal)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from New Latin, from Latin: iron tyre
Examples of 'canthi' in a sentence
canthi
All measurements were performed at halfway between the medial and lateral canthi.
José Ribamar Souza da Cruz, Antonio Augusto Velasco e Cruz 2004, 'Quantificação da ação do músculo frontal Quantification of frontalis muscle action',Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492004000200010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
She also had heterochromia of iris and lateral displacement of inner canthi which pointed towards this rare entity.
Kharya A, Agarwal S 2003, 'Waardenburg's syndrome', Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprologyhttp://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0378-6323;year=2003;volume=69;issue=7;spage=24;epage=25;aulast=Kharya. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)