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MeSH Heading: Ectropion
Tree Number(s): C11.338.362
Unique ID: D004483
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004483
Annotation: eversion of eyelid: do not confuse with ENTROPION, inversion
Scope Note: The turning outward (eversion) of the edge of the eyelid, resulting in the exposure of the palpebral conjunctiva. (Dorland, 27th ed)
NLM Classification #: WW 205
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1993/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Ectropion MeSH Descriptor Data 2025