The eye is the organ that makes vision possible.
The eye is the organ that enables vision in animals and humans . The term comes from the Latin word ocŭlus and also has other meanings.
As an organ, the eye allows it to detect luminosity and convert its variations into a nervous impulse that is interpreted by the brain. Although its operation varies according to the species, the usual thing is that the eye is responsible for projecting the images it captures on the retina , a tissue that has cells that transform light into nerve impulses that, finally, reach the brain.
For example: "I think something got into my eye, because it stings" , "The striker hit the referee in the eye and was immediately sent off" , "I'm going to have to go to the eye doctor since my eyes are bothering me" .
The eye can suffer from various diseases . In some cases, they are alleviated or reversed through the use of glasses . In others, the disease requires surgery or the administration of drugs.
Various meanings of eye
We can say that the list of meanings that the word eye has seems endless. A good example of this are other meanings it has:
- Each of the holes or spaces that a network or mesh has.
- It refers to the word that is usually placed in the margins, in the header or in the footer of a text. What is intended with it is for the reader to take their gaze and analysis to something concrete.
- Colloquially it is used to refer to the special attention that a person must pay to another, to an object or to an action. Thus, for example, it is often said: "Manuel, keep an eye on the baby I'm going out to buy at the supermarket."
Eye characteristics vary depending on the species.
An open space
The open space or hole that allows something to pass through is known as an eye, on the other hand.
We can speak, therefore, of the eye of a needle to name the opening that allows the thread to enter, or of the eye of a hurricane to mention a particular region that is created within a cyclone.
Expressions with the term eye
In addition to all of the above, we cannot forget that eye is a word that is also used with some frequency to give shape to other terms. Thus, for example, there is a clinical eye . This is an expression used to refer to someone having an enormous ability to notice something specific.
On the other hand, there is the well-known rooster's eye . This is used colloquially to name the round type callus that many men and women tend to develop between the toes.
Vulgarly there is also the eye of the ass , which is the term used to refer to the anus.
A porthole , also known as an oculus , is a circular window found in a boat that allows light and/or air to enter.
In the world of cinema, finally, the term eye has been used very frequently to title films such as “Open your eyes” , “The apple of your eyes” , “In the eye of the storm” …