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No sound escaped from Imbrie, but his smooth face turned hideous with rage; the lips everted over the clenched teeth, the ruddy skin livid and blotchy.

From The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Footner, Hulbert

The rectum may become everted and paralyzed, and the bowels move spontaneously.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

By next morning every larva was fixed to the glass and had everted its two polypides.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

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 Miles, Alexander

The sores thus formed are ulcerous and unhealthy, with puffy, ragged, everted borders and a grayish or yellowish red base, which often extends deeply between the muscles and exposes tendons and bones.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various