EVERSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eversion mean? 

• EVERSION (noun)
  The noun EVERSION has 2 senses:

1. the position of being turned outward

2. the act of turning inside out

  Familiarity information: EVERSION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVERSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position of being turned outward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the eversion of the foot

Hypernyms ("eversion" is a kind of...):

attitude; position; posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)

Derivation:

evert (turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of turning inside out

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

eversion; everting; inversion

Hypernyms ("eversion" is a kind of...):

motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)

Derivation:

evert (turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward)

 Context examples 

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Extremity Movements, Lower (legs, knees, ankles, toes), e.g., lateral knee movement, foot tapping, heel dropping, foot squirming, inversion and eversion of foot.

(AIMS - Lower Extremities, NCI Thesaurus)