dry eye

noun

: a condition associated with inadequate tear production and marked by redness, itching, and burning of the eye

called also dry eye syndrome

Examples of dry eye in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Patients typically spend years navigating symptoms – dry eyes and mouth, pain, fatigue and others – without answers. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

This is just one instance where decades of investment and collaboration to fight a disease that affects the global poor had yielded an unexpected benefit – a treatment for eyelid inflammation, dry eyes and rosacea. — Joshua R. Ehrlich, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Other Health Conditions Health conditions, including several autoimmune diseases, can lead directly or indirectly to dry eye syndrome. — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2026

Because there was not a dry eye in the Dancing With the Stars ballroom. — Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dry eye

• apply
• awry
• belie
• bely
• bigeye
• bonsai
• buckeye
• comply
• coxae
• decry
• defy
• deny

Medical Definition

dry eye

noun

: a condition associated with inadequate tear production and marked by redness of the conjunctiva, by itching and burning of the eye, and usually by filaments of desquamated epithelial cells adhering to the cornea

called also keratoconjunctivitis sicca