A more comprehensive differential diagnosis for the red or painful eye includes: 1  corneal abrasion. 2  subconjunctival hemorrhage. 3  pinguecula. 4  blepharitis. 5  dacryocystitis. 6  keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye) 7  keratitis. 8  herpes simplex. 9  herpes zoster.
Definitions for vorpal sword. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word vorpal sword. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Vorpal sword is a phrase used by Lewis Carroll in his nonsense poem Jabberwocky.
vorÂ·texÂ·es or vorÂ·tiÂ·ces (-tÄ­-sÄzâ²). 1. A whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center. 2. A place or situation regarded as drawing into its center all that surrounds it, and hence being inescapable or destructive: a vortex of political infighting; a vortex of despair.ortex. n, pl-texes or-tices (-tÉªËsiËz). 1. (General Physics) a whirling mass or rotary motion in a liquid, gas, flame, etc, such as the spiralling movement of water around a whirlpool. 2. any activity, situation, or way of life regarded as irresistibly engulfing.