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Within the thorax, there are some longitudinal muscles, without transverse stri�, which, I believe, enter the short limbs, but not the abdomen, as I infer from the latter not being everted when they are pulled.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The edges were thick and everted, and surrounded with an erysipelatous inflammation.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

The invagination above the diaphragm, consisting of both endocyst and ectocyst, is then everted.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

The lips instead of being everted were in parallel planes—those, namely, of the top and bottom of the net.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

The lip is everted, and its mucous membrane unduly prominent.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander