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单词 nictation
释义

nictation

/nɪkˈteɪʃən/
noun [mass noun] technical
The action or process of blinking.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....
  • Snaked earth, crow-spotted through the sun-leagues, coils in their fierce emphatic eyes, cleansed by the flicker of the lids' nictation.
  • One or more, and in some cases all five, nematode replicate lines showed declines in virulence, reproduction, heat tolerance, host seeking ability, and nictation.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Latin nictatio(n-), from the verb nictare 'to blink'.

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