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n. - Either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet.

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  • It is from the canthus that is nearest to the nostrils that the membrane comes.
  • The Conservative Party canthus cut arts funding with very little political consequence.
  • Ordinarily tears are carried off by the thin lacrimal ducts placed at the inner canthus.
  • Man does not possess a functional nictitating membrane, but a remnant of it is to be found in the inner canthus.
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