uncrimp

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verb

To straighten out from a crimped state.

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Meanings

verbuncrimp (third-person singular simple present uncrimps, present participle uncrimping, simple past and past participle uncrimped)

present singular third person uncrimps · participle present uncrimping · participle past uncrimped · past uncrimped

  1. transitiveTo straighten out from a crimped state.

    We propose that the rapid load—unload behavior of sclera becomes stiffer in most eyes after chronic IOP elevation due to the uncrimping of collagen fibrils and the reorientation of scleral lamellae, as detailed in a prior publication.

    2015 October 28, “Losartan Treatment Protects Retinal Ganglion Cells and Alters Scleral Remodeling in Experimental Glaucoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From un- + crimp.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncrimp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrimp.

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