EXSTROPHY


Meaning of EXSTROPHY in English

/ek"streuh fee/ , n. , pl. exstrophies .

Pathol. a birth defect resulting in the eversion of an organ: exstrophy of the bladder.

[ 1830-40; ekstroph ( é ) inversion of the uterus, lit., a turning inside out (see EC-, STROPHE) + -Y 3 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .