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canthus
SYLLABICATION: can·thus
PRONUNCIATION: knths
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. can·thi (-th)
The angle formed by the meeting of the upper and lower eyelids at either side of the eye.
ETYMOLOGY: Late Latin, from Greek kanthos.
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Hence the name of the epicanthic fold characteristic of those from E. Asia
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Greek epi = on. It's a fold of skin on the canthus, that gives people from that part of the world the narrow-eyed look.
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From my JDM®, it's a cold weather adaptation. The little fold helps protect the eye from the cold Norland blasts.
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