Meanings
- not comparableRelating to the eyelids
Permanent or chronic blepharal melasma is seen in women with chlorosis or melancholia; […]
1861 [1848], The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, volume 27, Samuel Highley, page 4642 more examples
In cases where there was blepharal injury or infection of the eye originating externally, there was a 44% likelihood of a positive culture from aspirates drawn from below the skin.
2021 November 19, Cemal Cingi, Emin Sami Arısoy, Nuray Bayar Muluk, Pediatric ENT Infections, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 467[…] deficient yang fails to warm and transport water-dampness, so there is facial and blepharal edema during the menstrual period and oliguresis; […]
2013 October 4, Xiang Xia, Xiao-heng Shen, Min Chen, Yan-qian Xiao, World Century Compendium to TCM: A 7-Volume Set, World Scientific, →ISBN, page 488Synonyms: palpebral
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to the eyelids
Origin
- Ancient Greekβλέφαρον“eyelid”
- Englishblepharal
Either from blepharon (“eyelid”) + -al, or directly from Ancient Greek βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”) + -al.
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