loading...| Preferred Name |
Entropion |
| Synonyms |
Eyelid folded in Inverted eyelid Eyelid turned in |
| Definitions |
The inward turned eyelid margin increases the potential for mechanical irritation of the eye by eyelashes. Entropion is to be distinguished from epiblepharon. An abnormal inversion (turning inward) of the eyelid (usually the lower) towards the globe. Entropion is usually acquired as a result of involutional or cicatricial processes but may occasionally be congenital. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000621 |
| comment |
The inward turned eyelid margin increases the potential for mechanical irritation of the eye by eyelashes. Entropion is to be distinguished from epiblepharon. |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0014390 MSH:D004774 SNOMEDCT_US:33168009 |
| definition |
An abnormal inversion (turning inward) of the eyelid (usually the lower) towards the globe. Entropion is usually acquired as a result of involutional or cicatricial processes but may occasionally be congenital. |
| has_broad_synonym |
Eyelid folded in |
| has_exact_synonym |
Eyelid turned in |
| has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
| has_related_synonym |
Inverted eyelid |
| id |
HP:0000621 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
Entropion |
| notation |
HP:0000621 |
| prefLabel |
Entropion |
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