Nictitating Membrane Definition

nĭktĭ-tātĭng
noun
A transparent third eyelid hinged at the inner side or lower lid of the eye of various animals, serving to keep the eye clean and moist: it is vestigial in humans.
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Noun

Singular:
nictitating membrane
Plural:
nictitating-membranes

Nictitating Membrane Sentence Examples

  • This arises from the nasal surface of the ball, and its tendon passes into the somewhat imperfectly transparent nictitating membrane.

  • The power of hearing is acute, and so is the sight, the eyes being protected by upper and lower lids and by a nictitating membrane.

  • The eye is provided with a nictitating membrane or third eyelid, at the base of which open the ducts of the Harderian gland.

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