Epapophysis

(ep-ap-off f -is-is). A median proce placed dorsad of the centrum of a vertebra. Entropion. Entropion (en-tro' -pe-on). Inversion of the eyelid, so that the lashes rub against the globe of the eye, producing inflammation, pannus, etc. It may be cicatricial, organic, or spastic in origin. E., Superciliary, the incurvation of the hairs of the eyebrow into the palpebral fi ure and against the conjunctiva, causing the same symptoms as are present in ordinary entropion. Enucleation. The operation of exsecting or shelling-out from its seat or capsule a tumor, etc. E. of Eye, excision of the eyeball from the orbit. Enucleator (e-nu'-kle-a-tor). An instrument used in performing enucleation.