eye drops

plural noun

ˈī-ˌdräps 

variants or less commonly eyedrops

: a medicated solution for the eyes that is applied in drops

—usually singular and hyphenated when used before another noun

Most cases of chronic glaucoma are treated with eye-drop medications that reduce pressure in the eye.

—Oz Hopkins Koglin

Examples of eye drops in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While there’s no cure for glaucoma, most people can manage the condition with the use of eye drops, laser treatment, surgery, or a combination of all three. —Paul McClure 05, New Atlas, 5 Feb. 2025

Superstore of its products ongoing, including eye drops that may be contaminated with fungus, cucumber that may be contaminated with salmonella, tortilla strips with undeclared allergens and waffles with potential listeria contamination. —Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025

The recalled eye drops could cause an eye infection, according to the recall announcement. —Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2024

Also, Adkins had to give her eye drops in her remaining eye twice a day to ward off glaucoma. —Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1762, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for eye drops

• countertops
• mountaintops
• backdrops
• bookshops
• cyclops
• desktops
• dewdrops
• esops
• hilltops
• housetops
• hydrops
• laptops

Medical Definition

eye drops

noun plural

variants also eyedrops

ˈī-ˌdräps 

: a medicated solution for the eyes that is applied in drops

eye-drop

-ˌdräp 

adjective

or eyedrop