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ocular

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adj/ˈɒk.jə.lə//ˈɒk.jʊ.lə//ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/
  1. 1

    Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight

    • The medication may have adverse ocular side effects.
    • It took some time after he lost his eye for him to receive his ocular prosthesis.
  2. 2

    Resembling the eye.

    • ocular markings on the wings of a butterfly
  3. 3

    Seen by, or seeing with, the eye; visual.

    • Villain, be sure thou prove my love a whore, Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof: Or by the worth of man’s eternal soul, Thou hadst been better have been born a dog Than answer my waked wrath!
    • For as Thomas was an ocular Witness of Christ’s Death and Burial, so were the other Disciples of his Resurrection; having actually seen him after he was risen.
noun/ˈɒk.jə.lə//ˈɒk.jʊ.lə//ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/
  1. 1

    The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument, i.e., the optical element closest to the eye.

  2. 2

    Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.

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