EPICANTHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epicanthic mean? 

• EPICANTHIC (adjective)
  The adjective EPICANTHIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to the epicanthus

  Familiarity information: EPICANTHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPICANTHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to the epicanthus

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

epicanthic folds

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

It leads to a variety of abnormalities that include mental retardation, macroglossia, microgenia, epicanthic eyelids, and a single transverse palmar crease.

(Complete Trisomy 21 Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormalities are variable from individual to individual and may include mental retardation, retarded growth, flat hypoplastic face with short nose, prominent epicanthic skin folds, small low-set ears with prominent antihelix, fissured and thickened tongue, laxness of joint ligaments, pelvic dysplasia, broad hands and feet, stubby fingers, transverse palmar crease, lenticular opacities and heart disease.

(Down Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)