Pink eye


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(Med.) a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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He was a good sized white rabbit with pink eyes, much like all other white rabbits.
Some were lying asleep while others lay sucking their paws and looking around them with big pink eyes.
'Who's that little boy with the light hair and pink eyes, in a fancy dress?'inquired Mr.
So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
Its face was of the ashen hue of a fresh corpse, while the white hair and pink eyes denoted the absence of pigment; a characteristic of albinos.
"I hope you will be kind to my girls," said Lady Crawley, with her pink eyes always full of tears.
"Hev ferrets, Measter Tom," said Bob, eagerly,--"them white ferrets wi' pink eyes; Lors, you might catch your own rots, an' you might put a rot in a cage wi' a ferret, an' see 'em fight, you might.
The agency said Soobin is afflicted with conjunctivitis, also known as "pink eye" or "sore eye," a contagious infection.
NNA - Many people get an eye infection; a viral and bacterial infection that comes in several forms: pink eye, uveitis or blepharitis, and other infections that require major medical care in order not to cause huge damage to the eyes.
For the brightest pink eye, she used a combination of a lip pencil and blush, which displays the beauty of the rose-tinted trend - you can repurpose your favourite lippy as an eyeshadow, or pat blush on your pout for a matte lip look.
Erdem: Bright eyes For the brightest pink eye, make-up legend Val Garland used a combination of a lip pencil and blush.
Conjunctivitis (pink eye) nearly always caused by an infection.