ENTROPION


Meaning of ENTROPION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ en-ˈtrō-pē-ˌän, -pē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from en- en- (II) + ec tropion turning out of the eyelid, from Greek ektropion, from ektrepein to turn out, from ex- out + trepein to turn

Date: circa 1860

: the inversion or turning inward of the border of the eyelid against the eyeball

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