[n. of action f. as next; cf. introversion. Mod.F. has extroversion in sense 2: see EXTRAVERSION.] The action of turning, or the condition of being turned, outwards.
† 1. In the language of mysticism (see quots.).
1656–81. Blount, Glossogr., Extroversion … in mystical Divinity … a scattering or distracting one’s thoughts upon exterior objects.
1788. Wesley, Wks. (1872), VI. 451. The turning of the eye of the mind from him [Christ] to outward things they [the Mystics] call Extroversion.
2. Path. The condition of being turned inside out; esp. applied to a malformation of the bladder; = EXSTROPHY.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 391/1. In extroversion of the bladder the anterior part of this organ is more or less completely wanting.
