1. a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome; [syn: epicanthus, epicanthic fold]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
epicanthic fold
n 1: a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for
Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome
[syn: epicanthus, epicanthic fold]