Pathol. [mod.L. ectropium, Gr. ἐκτρόπιον, f. ἐκ out + τρέπειν to turn.] ‘An outward bending; especially applied to the condition in which the eyelid folds on itself, so that the conjunctival surface becomes external; eversion of the eyelid’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1685. J. Cooke, Marrow of Chirurg. (ed. 4), II. § iii. 154. Ectropion, is when the lower Eyelid is fallen down.
1736. in Bailey.
1751. in Chambers, Cycl.
1875. H. Walton, Dis. Eye, 697. Ectropium is common in the under, and very uncommon in the upper eyelid.
1878. T. Bryant, Pract. Surg., I. 345. Ectropion signifies an everted condition of the lid.
