palpebrate

English

Etymology

From New Latin palpebratus (“eyebrowed”), from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”) + -atus.

Adjective

palpebrate (not comparable)

1. (rare, zoology) Having eyelids.
2. (medicine) Pertaining to the eyelids.
   • 1979, Kirk N. Gelatt, Robert L. Peiffer, R. M. Gwin, Manual of External Ophthalmic Surgery, page 98:

     Lateral canthoplasty to reduce the size of the palpebrate fissure.

   • 2002, Antenor Bonatto Júnior, André Gonçalves de Freitas, José Marcos Mélega, “Myectomy of the Orbicularis Oculi Muscle: A New Procedure Associated to Bleroplasty”, in Brazilian Journal of Plastic Surgery, volume 17, number 1:

     These data have encouraged us to apply some of the procedures used for correcting blepharoespasm(10,11,12) to palpebrate aesthetic surgery, by changing some of the existing techniques, moderately resecting the orbicular muscle on the external lateral portion of the palpebral commissure, attenuating its contraction, and thus diminishing skin wrinkles at this site ("crow's feet").

   • 2011, Pamela Scott, Cases in Clinical Medicine, page 162:

     The vesicles on his palpebrate conjunctivae and the Tzanck stain (or smear) revealing multinucleated giant cells are almost pathognomonic for a herpes simplex infection.

   • 2015, GV Fedynchuk, VV Malyar, VA Malyar, “Haemodynamic changes in utero-placental-fetal complex on the background of the complex therapy of preeclampsia in combination with hypothyroidism”, in The Pharma Innovation Journal, volume 4, number 7:

     There were also observed double, triple and palpebrate movements that differed by brief returns to the inspiratory phase during the expiratory phase.

Verb

palpebrate (third-person singular simple present palpebrates, present participle palpebrating, simple past and past participle palpebrated)

1. (rare) To wink or blink.
   • 2013, Faith Hickman Brynie, 101 Questions about Muscles, 2nd Edition, page 58:

     Without your eyelid, you could not palpebrate.

   • 2018, TO Kryuchko, IA Golovanova, OY Tkachenko, MO Melnyk, KV Pocheniuk, “Prevalence of risk factors of allergic diseases among children aged 8-9 years in Poltava region (the results of the first stage of the research)”, in Poltava State Medical University:

     Respiratory viruses damage palpebrating epithelium of mucous membrane of the respiratory tract,

   • 2018, Venkatraman Nagarajan, Should I meet her?:

     "But I wanted to pull you into my dimples whenever you touch them. It's a feel and I really don't know why I say so,” she looked into my eyes and her palpebrating eyes didn't wink for a few seconds.