• scientific terminology as the plica semilunaris, membrana nictitans, or palpebra tertia. The nictitating membrane is a transparent or translucent third...
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    Eyelid (redirect from Palpebra)
    An eyelid (/ˈaɪ.lɪd/ EYE-lid) is a thin fold of skin that covers and protects an eye. The levator palpebrae superioris muscle retracts the eyelid, exposing...
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  • palpebr- of or pertaining to the eyelid (uncommon as a root) Latin palpebra, eyelid palpebra pan-, pant(o)- denoting something as 'complete' or containing...
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    million years ago. The specific name palpebrosus is derived from the Latin palpebra meaning "eyelid" and osus meaning "full of". This refers to the bony plates...
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    ocular discharge, palpebral edema (swelling of the upper and/or lower palpebra, or eyelid, the fleshy portion that is in contact with the tortoises eye...
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  • forward. Cf. /ˈinteɡram/ > /inˈteɡra/. Two apparent counterexamples are /ˈpalpebraːs/ and /ˈpullitra/, judging by the Old French outcomes palpres and poltre...
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  • framework that binds the orbital fat pad into the orbit. It also binds the palpebra to the bony orbit. Eyeball Lacrimal gland Extraocular muscles Orbital adipose...
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    Bahia, Brasil. III. Procellosaurinus: um novo gênero de microteiídeos sem pálpebra, com a redefinição do gênero Gymnophthalmus (Sauria, Teiidae)". Papéis...
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    village of Storuman, county of Västerbotten, southern Swedish Lapland). H. palpebra was collected from the Lower Cambrian of Sweden (Upper part of the Grammajukku...
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    he published Poemas de Doada Certeza (i este brillo premido entre as pálpebras), and in 1998 Betanzos: Poema dos Caneiros e Estampas. Finally, in 1999...
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