NICTATION
\nɪktˈe͡ɪʃən], \nɪktˈeɪʃən], \n_ɪ_k_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of NICTATION
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A rapid and repeated movement of the eyelids, which open and shut alternately. As occasionally performed, it is physiological; if repeatedly, a disease. It seems to be executed chiefly by the motor 7th pair of nerves; but it is necessary that the excitor 5th pair should likewise be in a state of integrity.
By Robley Dunglison
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