epicanthus Anat.
(ɛpɪˈkænθəs)
[f. epi- + canthus. Cf. Gr. ἐπικανθίς = encanthis.]
A downward fold of skin which sometimes covers the inner angle or canthus of the eye, esp. in Mongols. Hence epiˈcanthic a.
| 1865 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) 355/1 Epicanthis, epicanthus. 1913 A. Keith Hum. Embryol. (ed. 3) 196 The curious epicanthic fold..is represented in all races during foetal life. Ibid. 197 (caption) The epicanthic or Mongolian fold. 1936 Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXVI. 37 The presence or absence of an epicanthic fold is not recorded. 1961 Listener 31 Aug. 317/1 He gave me a sidelong, rather quizzical glance from his dark epicanthic eyes. 1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxi. 509 Epicanthus is a semilunar fold of skin, situated above and sometimes covering the inner canthus. |