Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inversion or turning in of the fore edge of the eyelid, so that the lashes come in contact with the eyeball.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Same as
entropium .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology An
inversion (turning inward) of the margin of theeyelid
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Examples
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His eye trouble was caused by a painful condition called entropion, in which the eyelid rolls inward causing the eyelashes to irritate and possibly damage the eye.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog Jack Canfield 2009
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His eye trouble was caused by a painful condition called entropion, in which the eyelid rolls inward causing the eyelashes to irritate and possibly damage the eye.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog Jack Canfield 2009
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- Only surgical treatment is effective in correcting the entropion.
Chapter 10 1993
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STAGE IV (dispensary) - Scarring and contractures invert the edge of the lids producing an entropion.
Chapter 10 1993
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The treatment consists generally in ointments and collyria in abundance, but in fistula lachrymalis incision and tents of alder-pith, mandragora (_malum terrae_), briony, gentian, etc., are recommended, and entropion is referred directly to the surgeon.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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Eversion -- and inversion of eyelid, or ectropion and entropion, causes and treatment, 283 of bladder, description and treatment, 152 or womb after difficult parturition, treatment, 205
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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If the divergent lashes are more numerous, the treatment may be as for entropion, by excising an elliptical portion of skin opposite the offending lashes and stitching the edges together, so as to draw outward the margin of the lid at that point.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Ectropion and entropion, or eversion and inversion of eyelid, causes and treatment, 283
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Richard Marks, the vet who carried out the surgery last week, said the dog was suffering from the worst case of entropion he had ever seen.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Molly, a pedigree Shar Pei, was born with entropion, a condition where folds of skin rub against the eye, causing pain and leading to permanent disability.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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