eyelid

[ UK /ˈa‍ɪlɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈaɪˌɫɪd/ ]
NOUN
  1. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
    his lids would stay open no longer
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How To Use eyelid In A Sentence

  • He had previously undergone insertion of a gold weight into the left upper eyelid.
  • As people get sleepier, they have an increasing number of slow eyelid closures. Stopping Sleepiness
  • When the eyelids are open, an elliptical space, the palpebral fissure (rima palpebrarum), is left between their margins, the angles of which correspond to the junctions of the upper and lower eyelids, and are called the palpebral commissures or canthi. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye
  • My eyelids flickered open and revealed Jack on a chair next to my bed.
  • The laser is set to the appropriate settings and a single pass is made over the entire face, including the eyelids.
  • Without the protection of the eyelid, the inside of the eyelid and the surface of your eye may become dry, irritated and inflamed.
  • In her difficulty, she turned down her eyelids again and blushed over face and neck. Daniel Deronda
  • The surgeon uses a wire speculum to retract the eyelids to expose the eyeball.
  • The doctors removed the tumours and reconstructed her face, but there was one more operation on her eyelid that she kept putting off. Times, Sunday Times
  • But it seemed so cruel to pass a thread through his eyelids, -- which is called seeling, and must be done before he would bear the hood, -- that I could not think of it. Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
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