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Exstrophy

Exstrophy \Ex"stro*phy\, n. [Gr. ? to turn inside out; ? = ? out + ? to turn.] (Med.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.

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exstrophy

n. (context medicine English) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.

Usage examples of "exstrophy".

He awoke in a great state of agitation, and a few days later the wife was delivered of a child with exstrophy of the bladder.

Louis reports a case in which there was exstrophy of the heart through the fissure.