Usually means: Fold of skin over eyelid.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. epicanthus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. epicanthus: Collins English Dictionary
  3. epicanthus: Vocabulary.com
  4. epicanthus: Wordnik
  5. epicanthus: Wiktionary
  6. epicanthus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. epicanthus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. epicanthus: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. epicanthus: Dictionary.com
  10. Epicanthus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. epicanthus: Rhymezone
  12. epicanthus: FreeDictionary.org
  13. epicanthus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. epicanthus: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. epicanthus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  5. epicanthus: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (epicanthus)

▸ noun:  (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.

Similar:
epicanthal fold, epicanthoplasty, epiblepharon, earlid, canthus, epitarsus, eyelash, exocanthion, lateral canthus, palpebral fissure, more...

Opposite:
exocanthus, non-epicanthic

Types:
medial, nasal, lateral, accessory, central, more...

Phrases:
epicanthus inversus, more...

Adjectives:
bilateral, congenital, lateral, cicatricial, medial, internal, inner, simple, traumatic, true, small

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Similar:
epicanthal fold, epicanthoplasty, epiblepharon, earlid, canthus, epitarsus, eyelash, exocanthion, lateral canthus, palpebral fissure, more...

Opposite:
exocanthus, non-epicanthic

Types:
medial, nasal, lateral, accessory, central, more...

Phrases:
epicanthus inversus, more...

Adjectives:
bilateral, congenital, lateral, cicatricial, medial, internal, inner, simple, traumatic, true, small



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