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The turning inward (inversion) of the edge of the eyelid, with the tarsal cartilage turned inward toward the eyeball. (Dorland, 27th ed)
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- Entropions
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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inversion of eyelid: do not confuse with ECTROPION, eversion
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Entropion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004774. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004774
- Entropion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropion
- Entropion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1327273