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单词 evert
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Definition of evert in English:

evert

verb ɪˈvəːtəˈvərt
[with object]Biology Physiology
  • Turn (a structure or organ) outwards or inside out.

    the brown hyena deposits chemicals by everting an anal pouch
    the characteristic facial appearance of full, often everted lips
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To facilitate patellar cartilage removal, the first assistant clamps the medial edges of the tendons above and below the patella and everts the tissue.
    • These nozzles could not be confused with ‘eversible gland openings,’ as described by Forsyth, or the obviously everted female spermatheca.
    • The cyst wall is then everted and approximated to the edge of the vestibular mucosa with interrupted 2-0 absorbable suture.
    • Most Asteroidea are predators or scavengers, everting their stomach (called a cardiac stomach), which secretes digestive enzymes on their prey.
    • They feed by grasping the prey, then everting their stomach and secreting primary enzymes on the prey.
    Synonyms
    turn inside out

Derivatives

  • eversible

  • adjective
    Physiology Biology
    • These pores are interpreted as having housed eversible vesicles.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Abdominal segments 1-6 have 1-2 pairs of eversible vesicles.
      • The anteriorly situated, eversible ciliated pits (frontal organs) resemble nuchal organs of polychaete annelids.
      • Nemertines however, lack a protective cuticle or exoskeleton as well as stalked eyes, but have a characteristic eversible proboscis.
      • Phylum Nemertea contains about 1,150 species of unsegmented worms that possess an eversible proboscis contained in a fluid-filled cavity or rhynchocoel.
  • eversion

  • noun ɪˈvəːʃ(ə)nəˈvərʒ(ə)n
    mass nounPhysiology Biology
    • The action of turning a structure or organ outwards or inside out.

      eversion of the upper lid revealed two lesions
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The mechanism of injury is excessive dorsiflexion and eversion of the ankle joint with internal rotation of the tibia.
      • We hypothesized that eversion of a dorsiflexed ankle would be more likely to produce an LPT fracture than inversion of a dorsiflexed ankle.
      • In medial ankle sprains, the mechanism of injury is excessive eversion and dorsiflexion.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense 'upset, overthrow'): from Latin evertere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + vertere 'to turn'. The current sense dates from the late 18th century.

 
 

Definition of evert in US English:

evert

verbəˈvərtəˈvərt
[with object]Physiology Biology
  • Turn (a structure or organ) outward or inside out.

    the characteristic facial appearance of full, often everted lips
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These nozzles could not be confused with ‘eversible gland openings,’ as described by Forsyth, or the obviously everted female spermatheca.
    • Most Asteroidea are predators or scavengers, everting their stomach (called a cardiac stomach), which secretes digestive enzymes on their prey.
    • The cyst wall is then everted and approximated to the edge of the vestibular mucosa with interrupted 2-0 absorbable suture.
    • They feed by grasping the prey, then everting their stomach and secreting primary enzymes on the prey.
    • To facilitate patellar cartilage removal, the first assistant clamps the medial edges of the tendons above and below the patella and everts the tissue.
    Synonyms
    turn inside out

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘upset, overthrow’): from Latin evertere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense dates from the late 18th century.

 
 
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