Definition of nictation in English:
nictation
noun nɪkˈteɪʃənnɪkˈteɪʃən
mass nounrare The action or process of blinking.
Example sentencesExamples
- Snaked earth, crow-spotted through the sun-leagues, coils in their fierce emphatic eyes, cleansed by the flicker of the lids' nictation.
- The key reason for this dichotomy in behavior is nictation.
- The invention relates to a preparation which is used for treating human muscular dystonias such as strabismus and torticolis, involuntary nictation and is obtainable from a Clostridium botulism culture toxin and to a method for production thereof.
- One or more, and in some cases all five, nematode replicate lines showed declines in virulence, reproduction, heat tolerance, host seeking ability, and nictation.
- Any conspicuous behavior indicating the existence of ophthalmic irritation due to the administered drugs such as closing eye or nictation was not observed after the instillation.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Latin nictatio(n-), from the verb nictare 'to blink'.