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EYELID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
Example:
his lids would stay open no longer
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("eyelid" is a kind of...):
protective fold (a flap of tissue that protects what it covers)
Meronyms (parts of "eyelid"):
cilium; eyelash; lash (any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids)
conjunctiva (a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid)
Holonyms ("eyelid" is a part of...):
eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)
Context examples:
It affects most often the gums, eyelids and genital mucosa sites.
(Benign Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid, NCI Thesaurus)
A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of carcinoma of the eyelid, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.
(Carcinoma of the Eyelid Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of carcinoma of the eyelid, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of regional lymph nodes.
(Carcinoma of the Eyelid Pathologic Regional Lymph Nodes TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of carcinoma of the eyelid, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.
(Carcinoma of the Eyelid Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)
Your eyelids help protect your eyes.
(Eyelid Disorders, NIH)
It involves inflammation of the outer layer of the eye and inside of the eyelid.
(Pinkeye, NIH: National Eye Institute)
Clinical signs include limitation of upward gaze, light-near dissociation of the pupillary response, eyelid retraction (Collier's sign) and convergence-retraction nystagmus.
(Parinaud Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Hands lay as I had left him, all fallen together in a bundle and with his eyelids lowered as though he were too weak to bear the light.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Holmes sat silent and composed, his eyelids half shut, but every sense on the alert.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His eyelids still quivered, and it seemed to me, as my gaze met his glazing eyes, that I could read both recognition and surprise in them.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
