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In the course of weeks or months superficial or deep-seated ulceration takes place; the ulcer having hardened, and, as a rule, everted edges.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
In the backward and lateral variety, the medial malleolus and head of the talus project unduly towards the medial side of the foot, which is abducted and everted.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
This may occur from the feet of the foal during parturition, or from ill-directed efforts to assist, but it is especially liable to take place in the everted, congested, and friable organ.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
The function of the everted filament is probably to secure the attachment of the spore to the epithelium of the new host.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
By next morning every larva was fixed to the glass and had everted its two polypides.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
