ectropion
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκτρόπιον (ektrópion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛkˈtɹəʊpiən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
ectropion (countable and uncountable, plural ectropions)(medicine, pathology)
- A condition of loose eyelids, characterized by the turning outward of the lower eyelid.
- A condition of the cervix, characterized by the cells of the endocervix being present in the location of the ectocervix.
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French
Noun
ectropion m (plural ectropions)
Further reading
- “ectropion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ectropion.
Noun
ectropion n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of ectropion (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ectropion | ectropionul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ectropion | ectropionului |
| vocative | ectropionule | |