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English
Etymology
From epi- + canthus.
Pronunciation
Noun
epicanthus (plural epicanthi)
- (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.
Synonyms
Translations
a skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians
- Catalan: epicant, plec palpebronasal
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 內眥贅皮 / 内眦赘皮 (nèizìzhuìpí)
- Czech: epikantus
- Dutch: amandelogen pl or n
- Finnish: mongolipoimu, epikantus
- French: épicanthus (fr) m, pli épicanthique m
- German: Epikanthus-Falte f, Epikanthus medialis m, Mongolenfalte f, Oberlidfalte f
- Hungarian: mongolredő (hu), belső szemzugot fedő bőrredő
- Italian: epicanto m
- Korean: 몽고주름 (monggojureum), 내안각췌피 (naean'gakchwepi)
- Lithuanian: epikantas
- Norwegian: epikantisk fold, epikanthus, mongolske hudfold, epikantisk hudfold
- Polish: zmarszczka nakątna f
- Portuguese: epicanto m, dobra epicântica f
- Romanian: epicantus n, pliu epicantal n, cută mongoloidă f, plică palpebronazală f
- Russian: эпикантус (ru) m (epikantus)
- Spanish: epicanto (es) m, brida mongólica f, pliegue epicántico m
- Swedish: mongolveck n, epikanthus
- Ukrainian: епікантус (epikantus), монгольська складка f (monholʹsʹka skladka)
- Vietnamese: nếp quạt (ở mắt)
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