eversion

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noun

An act of turning inside out.

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Meanings

nouneversion (countable and uncountable, plural eversions)

plural eversions

  1. countableuncountableAn act of turning inside out.

    When it comes to vacuum bubble eversion, a vacuum bubble also passes through asymmetrical stages in the eversion process

    1999, Kip K. Sewell, The cosmic sphere, page 125
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    Somewhere along the line, he managed to complete a kind of psychic eversion, a kind of total transformation of internal affairs.

    1986, Harald William Fawkner, The ecstatic world of John Cowper Powys, page 76
  2. countableuncountableThe state of being turned inside out.

    If there is no eversion of the lips, there may be no symptoms present.

    1894, Charles Bingham Penrose with Albert Ernest Truby and William Alexander Newman Dorland, Syllabus of the Lectures on Gynecology, page 44
  3. countableuncountablemedicineThe condition of being turned outward.

    The remaining sprains are eversion injuries, in which the foot turns out and the ankle turns in.

    1989 September 14, “HEALTH; Personal Health”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of turning inside out

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Translations

Bulgarian обръщане наопаки
  • обръщане наопаки (obrăštane naopaki)an act of turning inside out
Catalan eversió, eversió
  • eversióan act of turning inside out
  • eversióthe state of being turned inside out
  • eversiómedicine: the condition of being turned outward
French éversion
  • éversionmedicine: the condition of being turned outward
Icelandic úthverfing, umsnúningur
  • úthverfingan act of turning inside out
  • umsnúninguran act of turning inside out
  • úthverfingthe state of being turned inside out
  • umsnúningurthe state of being turned inside out
  • úthverfingmedicine: the condition of being turned outward
Spanish eversión
  • eversiónmedicine: the condition of being turned outward

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APA

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MLA

“eversion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eversion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eversion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eversion.

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