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Definition of Eyelids
1. eyelid [n] - See also: eyelid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyelids
Literary usage of Eyelids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1887)
"He further states that if the eyelids had not begun to close before the ...
The author concludes (1) that in 10 per cent, of subjects the eyelids are closed ..."
2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"The eyelids (palpebre?) are two thin, movable folds placed in front of the eye,
protecting it ... When the eyelids are opened an elliptical space (fissura ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"When the eyelids are opened an elliptical space (fissura ... The eyelashes (cilia)
are attached to the free edges of the eyelids ; they are short, thick, ..."
4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"MUSCLES OF THE eyelids AND EYEBROWS. :;rs its slips, the anterior by a diminution
of the volume and distinctness of its The origin of part of the ..."
5. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"integuments of the eyelids may be lost, from ulcération, or from the inflammation
going on to gangrene ; the consequence will be contraction of the lid, ..."
6. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1854)
"Small white tumours, like millet seeds, containing a suet-like substance, are
often observed on the edges of the eyelids. The are to be opened with the ..."
7. Annals of Ophthalmology (1916)
"To a great many operators the management of the eyelids during the cataract
operation does not seem a matter of very great interest or importance. ..."
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