An artificial eye is properly known as an ‘ocular prosthesis’ (ocular – related with the eye and prosthesis – an artificial appliance that simulates a real organ) It is worn in the person’s ‘socket’ (a ‘pouch’ behind the eyelids that has been created surgically when their real eye has been removed) and gives the cosmetic appearance of the person having two normal eyes – the ocular prosthesis cannot see.
