eversion

[ih-vur-zhuhn, -shuhn]

noun

1. a turning or being turned outward or inside out.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eversion¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Latin ēversiōn- (stem of ēversiō ), equivalent to ēvers ( us ) ( eversible ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

The interior and coastal Fijians show this trait a little more often than the others, whereas the eastern people have least lip eversion.

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D, E, A similar simple introvert in course of eversion by the forward movement, not of its sides, but of its apex, as in the proboscidean Rhabdocoels = acrecbolic.

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The lids are swollen and inflamed, and indeed this may be so marked as to cause involuntary eversion, exposing the reddened conjunctiva to view.

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Accident or disease occasionally causes permanent eversion, or protrusion, of mucous membrane.

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In eversion the lateral edge of the foot is drawn up, the sole looking away from the middle line—analogous to pronation of the hand.

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