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palpebral

[ pal-puh-bruhl, pal-pee-bruhl, -peb-ruhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the eyelids.


palpebral

/ ˈæɪə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the eyelid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • t·貹p· adjective
  • Dz·貹p· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of palpebral1

First recorded in 1740–50; from Late Latin “of or on the eyelids,” equivalent to Latin palpebr(a) “eyelid” + - adjective suffix; -al 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of palpebral1

C19: from Late Latin 貹, from Latin palpebra eyelid; probably related to to stroke
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As the researchers write at one point, despite losing part of the palate and braincase, "the remainder of the skull is well-preserved, even showing a full arrangement of palpebral ossicles in place."

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Palpebral ossicles are the tiny bones in an animal's eyelids, showing that even some of the smallest parts of the ancient Kermit's anatomy have been preserved.

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Some of them, such as the Battle of the Palpebral Night, Nabokov lost.

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First, narrow the distance between your lower eyelid and your pupil by pulling up the palpebral ligament, which runs along the bottom of the eye.

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As Millard wrote in a 1955 monograph, the Asian eye’s “absence of the palpebral fold produces a passive expression which seems to epitomize the stoical and unemotional manner of the Oriental.”

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