noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.
2. 2
   a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

epicanthic foldepicanthal foldepicanthal foldepicanthic foldeyefoldmongoloid fold

Etymology

From epi- + canthus.

Related phrases

east asian

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