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Webster 1913 Edition


Eversion

E-ver′sion

,
Noun.
[L.
eversio
: cf. F.
éversion
.]
1.
The act of eversing; destruction.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
The state of being turned back or outward;
as,
eversion
of eyelids
; ectropium.

Webster 1828 Edition


Eversion

EVER'SION

,
Noun.
[L. eversio.] An overthrowing; destruction.
Eversion of the eye-lids, ectropium, a disease in which the eye-lids are turned outward, so as to expose the red internal tunic.