Definition of "canthi" [canthi]

• Plural of canthus. (noun)

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• "The centre of the trephine hole should be at the intersection of the median line and a line joining the posterior canthi (Fig. 188)."
• "When the eyelids are open, an elliptical space, the palpebral fissure (rima palpebrarum), is left between their margins, the angles of which correspond to the junctions of the upper and lower eyelids, and are called the palpebral commissures or canthi."
• "On the fourth day the eyeball was still more inflamed, and the projections at both canthi were increased."