ECTROPIONS Antonyms

• a shape that curves or bends inward

• the property possessed by a concave shape

• the condition of being folded inward or sheathed

• the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface

• (psychology) an introverted disposition; concern with one's own thoughts and feelings

• the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer

• abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

• a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa

• (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed

• the reversal of the normal order of words

• (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa

• a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex

• turning upside down; setting on end

• the act of turning inside out

• a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

• the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back

• An inversion (turning inward) of the margin of the eyelid