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• n  either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye

• The eyelid was rolled back, covered with a cold cloth as the surgeon went to work on the other eye.
• Tokyo's Kimura revels in a night out on the town after her eyelid, chin and nose surgery.
• Flicking that eyelid, he managed to signal the letters of the alphabet, and proceeded to write his autobiography, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, with the last grand gesture of .

• lid
• palpebra

News & Articles

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• Otters are made for swimming
  River otters can hold their breath for about eight minutes, and they have a special third eyelid that allows them to keep their eyes open underwater. / Special to WNC Parent
  June 13, 2013 - Asheville Citizen-Times
• Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon Responds to Latest Statistics From ASAPS
  Dr. Semira Bayati's plastic surgery practice offers a wide variety of surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures including breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, liposuction, Juvederm®, and BOTOX®. Since ...
  June 12, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• Get Yourself an Eyelid Lift, Courtesy of Taxpayers
  The U.S. spends $2.8 trillion a year on health care, about 18 percent of the economy. As recently reported, some of that spending is on Medicare-reimbursed eyelid lifts -- a procedure that sometimes serves a medical need but often is for cosmetic enhancement.
  June 11, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Prince Harry in guardian.co.uk
  Nine times out of ten someone stumbles upon you when you're having a shit,Harry explains in one interview. "They don't bat an eyelid because it's normal out here." "I think this is about as normal as I'm ever going to get."
• David Miliband in guardian.co.uk
  It makes me sick,said Miliband. "And you know what makes me sicker? No one in the Tory party batted an eyelid."
• Gareth Thomas in AFP
  They came in, patted me on the back and said 'We don't care',Thomas said. "Two of my best mates in rugby didn't even blink an eyelid."