But if the conjunctiva be not diseased or very firmly united to the tumour, we had better operate without everting the eyelid, and this is possible without leaving an observable scar on the eyelid.
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Evert
//ɪˈvɜːt//
Synonyms for "evert" (25 found)
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Translations
7 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- обръщам наопаки verb (to turn inside out)
Dutch
1 entries- binnenstebuiten keren verb (to turn inside out)
Finnish
1 entries- kääntää nurin verb (to turn inside out)
French
1 entries- retourner verb (to turn inside out)
Icelandic
2 entries- snúa innhverfunni út verb (to turn inside out)
- úthverfa verb (to turn inside out)
Russian
1 entries- вы́вернуть наизна́нку verb (to turn inside out)
Sample sentences
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The brachial artery may be exposed and tied in any part of its course, the border of the biceps and coraco-brachialis serving as a guide to its situation. When the arm is drawn away from the side, and slightly everted, the hand being supinated, the seat of the operation is fairly brought into view.
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One of the chief causes of flat foot is the natural defect of improper alignment of the leg and the foot, with the result that both muscle action and gravity act to evert and depress the foot.
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The older writers, like ourselves, were of course fascinated by the spectacle of a tiny fungus everting its inner peridium with lightning-like rapidity and casting away its ball of spores.
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