inversion
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(ĭn-vĕr′zhŭn)

[L. inversio, to turn inward]
1. The reversal of a normal relationship.
2. A turning inside out of an organ, e.g., the uterus.
3. In chemistry, the process of converting sucrose (which rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) into a mixture of dextrose and levulose (which rotates the plane to the left). The resulting mixture is called invert sugar, and the enzyme that catalyzes this conversion is called invertase.
SEE: enzyme
4. Turning inward, e.g., medial distortion or injury of the ankle joint.
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(ĭn-vĕr′zhŭn)

[L. inversio, to turn inward]
1. The reversal of a normal relationship.
2. A turning inside out of an organ, e.g., the uterus.
3. In chemistry, the process of converting sucrose (which rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) into a mixture of dextrose and levulose (which rotates the plane to the left). The resulting mixture is called invert sugar, and the enzyme that catalyzes this conversion is called invertase.
SEE: enzyme
4. Turning inward, e.g., medial distortion or injury of the ankle joint.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Inversion." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748002/all/inversion.
Inversion. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748002/all/inversion. Accessed February 6, 2023.
Inversion. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748002/all/inversion
Inversion [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 February 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748002/all/inversion.
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