different between eyelid vs palpebral

English

Etymology

From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, ei?elid, eghe-lydd, y?e-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, equivalent to eye +? lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”).

Generally superseded non-native Middle English palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.l?d/

Noun

eyelid (plural eyelids)

1. A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

Synonyms

• blepharon
• palpebra

Synonyms

• blepharon

Derived terms

• bat an eyelid
• eyelidded
• eyelidless
• hang by the eyelids

Related terms

• eyebrow
• eyelash

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin palpebr?lis (“of or on the eyelids”), from palpebra (“an eyelid”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to palpebra +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pal.p?b.??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pæl?pi.b??l/
• Rhymes: -ælp?b??l, -i?b??l

Adjective

palpebral (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located on or near the eyelids.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

palpebral (plural palpebrals)

1. (zootomy) A dermal bone found near the eye socket of some animals.

References

• “palpebral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “palpebral”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Romanian

Etymology

From French palpébral

Adjective

palpebral m or n (feminine singular palpebral?, masculine plural palpebrali, feminine and neuter plural palpebrale)

1. palpebral

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

palpebral (plural palpebrales)

1. palpebral