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palpebral, a.|ˈpælpɪbrəl|
[ad. L. palpebrālis, f. palpebra eyelid + -al1. Cf. F. palpébral (1748 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Of or pertaining to the eyelids; esp. in designating parts connected with these, as palpebral arch, palpebral artery, palpebral muscle, palpebral nerve, palpebral vein, etc.
1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 76 The lachrymal artery perforates the palpebral ligament of the upper eyelid,..and it divides into branches that supply the lids, and anastomose with the upper and lower palpebral arches. 1842E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (ed. 2) 281 The Palpebral arteries, are given off from the ophthalmic. 1859O. W. Holmes Prof. Breakf.-t. i. (1891) 14 What I should call a palpebral spasm, affecting the eyelid and muscles of one side. 1880Flower in Nature XXII. 99/1 Eyes black, the palpebral openings elongated.
[⁋An erroneous definition in Dunglison, ‘Relating to the eyebrows’, is repeated in the American Dictionaries.] |