单词 | nictitation |
释义 | nictitation (once / 590966 pages) n WORD FAMILY nictitate: nictitating, nictitation USAGE EXAMPLESThis want of transparency of the cornea is visible sometimes in dying people, owing to their inirritability, and consequent neglect of nictitation. Darwin, Erasmus, Zoonomia, Vol. II—Or, the Laws of O...(2010) No twinkling, no scintillation, no nictitation, disturbed their pure and lambent gleam. Roth, Edward, All Around the Moon(2010) n a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly Syn|Hypo|Hyper blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, wink, winking palpebration repeated blinking or winking (especially if uncontrolled and persistent) inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
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