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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ECTROPION

Ec *tro "pi *on, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Med. )

 

Defn: An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ectropion

ec tro pi on |ekˈtrōpēən, -pēˌän ɛkˈtroʊpiən | ▶noun Medicine a condition, typically a consequence of advanced age, in which the eyelid is turned outward away from the eyeball. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Greek, from ek- ‘out ’ + trepein ‘to turn. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ectropion

ectropion |ɛkˈtrəʊpɪən | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine a condition, typically a consequence of advanced age, in which the eyelid is turned outwards away from the eyeball. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Greek, from ek- ‘out ’ + trepein ‘to turn ’.