'Pink eye' definitions:
Definition of 'Pink eye'
From: GCIDE
- Pink \Pink\, a. Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. [1913 Webster]
- Pink eye (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball.
- Pink salt (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal.
- Pink saucer, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink pigment. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pink eye'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amaurosis,
- blepharitis,
- cataract,
- choroiditis,
- conjunctivitis,
- cross-eye,
- defective vision,
- detached retina,
- esotropia,
- eye defect,
- glaucoma,
- gutta serena,
- iritis,
- keratitis,
- optic neuritis,
- retinoblastoma,
- sty,
- trachoma,
- uveitis,
- walleye