Eversion
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of turning inside out. countable, uncountable
"Somewhere along the line, he managed to complete a kind of psychic eversion, a kind of total transformation of internal affairs."
- 2 the act of turning inside out wordnet
- 3 The state of being turned inside out. countable, uncountable
"If there is no eversion of the lips, there may be no symptoms present."
- 4 the position of being turned outward wordnet
- 5 The condition of being turned outward. countable, uncountable
"The remaining sprains are eversion injuries, in which the foot turns out and the ankle turns in."
Example
More examples"Somewhere along the line, he managed to complete a kind of psychic eversion, a kind of total transformation of internal affairs."
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