nictitating membrane
31reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… …
32plica — [TA] SYN: fold (1). [Mod. L. a plait or fold] plicae adiposae pleurae SYN: fatty folds of pleura, under fold. plicae alares plicae synovialis infrapatellaris SYN: alar folds of intrapatellar synovial fold, under fold. plicae ampullares tubae… …
33nictitate — [nik′tə tāt΄] vi. nictitated, nictitating [< ML nictitatus, pp. of nictitare, freq. < L nictare, to wink: see connive] to wink or blink rapidly, as birds and other animals with a nictitating membrane do nictitation n …
34Cat senses — are adaptations that allow cats to be highly efficient predators. Cats have acute sight, hearing and smell, and their sense of touch is enhanced by long whiskers that protrude from their heads and bodies. These senses allow cats to hunt… …
35Nictitate — Nic ti*tate, v. i. [See {Nictate}.] To wink; to nictate. [1913 Webster] {Nictitating membrane} (Anat.), a thin membrane, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the… …
36NMR (disambiguation) — NMR may refer to: Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopy Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance Protein nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Proton NMR Carbon 13 NMR Magnetic Resonance Imaging,… …
37haw — haw1 /haw/, v.i. 1. to utter a sound representing a hesitation or pause in speech. n. 2. a sound or pause of hesitation. Cf. hem2 (def. 3). [1625 35; imit.] haw2 /haw/, interj …
38law — 1. A principle or rule. 2. A statement of fact detailing a sequence or relation of phenomena that is invariable under given conditions. SEE ALSO: principle, rule, theorem. [A.S. lagu] Alexander l. states that a jerky nystagmus becomes worse when… …
39Albrecht Fleckenstein — Albrecht Fleckenstein, eigentlich Albrecht Vinzens Siegfried Fleckenstein (* 3. Mai 1917 in Aschaffenburg; † 4. April 1992 in St. Ulrich bei Freiburg im Breisgau) war ein deutscher Pharmakologe und Physiologe. Besonders bekannt wurde er als… …
40semilunar fold — n a small fold of membrane in the inner corner of the eye that is a vestige of a nictitating membrane …
