evert

Flip membrane inside-out

To evert is to turn inside out or outward.

The word appears most often in medical and anatomical contexts: a doctor everts an eyelid to examine the inner surface, or a wound causes tissue to evert.

The surgeon carefully everted the specimen for inspection.

The opposite is invert.

insideout

turn

Rotational movement

  • flipQuick turning motion
  • peelOuter fruit layer
  • unfoldSpread open from closed

expose · bare · reveal · uncover · open · outward · inside-out · glove · pocket · sleeve

anatomy

prolapse

Organ slipping from place

uvula · rectum · bladder · uterus · eyelid · mucosa · surgical · laparoscopic · herniate · outpouching

biology

unfurl

Spread out from rolled

pharynx · membrane · cell · organism · tube · larva · invertebrate · extend · extrude · deploy

Opposites
direction of turning

evertinvert

Reverse position or order

introvert · infold · involute · turn in · retract

Phrases
Family

reverse, revert, reversible, reversion, eversion, everted

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