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EPICANTHIC FOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epicanthic fold mean? 

EPICANTHIC FOLD (noun)
  The noun EPICANTHIC FOLD has 1 sense:

1. a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndromeplay

  Familiarity information: EPICANTHIC FOLD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPICANTHIC FOLD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; typical for many east Asian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

epicanthic fold; epicanthus

Hypernyms ("epicanthic fold" is a kind of...):

fold; plica (a folded part (as in skin or muscle))

Holonyms ("epicanthic fold" is a part of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)


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