What is the medical name for eye boogers?

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What is the medical name for eye boogers?

What do you call the junk that's in your eye when you wake up?

2007-06-08 12:08:15 · 3 answers · asked by RonW 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health

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The word you're looking for is rheum. And if there's pus in it, for example due to a bacterial infection, it is called mucopurulent discharge.

2007-06-08 12:17:35 · answer #1 · answered by Gary 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

CA-CA, because it is grosser than boogers and because of my allergies, I cannot see anything until about NOON when my prescription kicks in for the day!

2007-06-08 19:23:49 · answer #2 · answered by bugsie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I've grown up calling it "sleep"

2007-06-08 19:15:56 · answer #3 · answered by swoosh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋