epicanthic

1. 1.

   relating to the epicanthus

   “epicanthic folds”

Questions about epicanthic

What does epicanthic mean?

epicanthic means "relating to the epicanthus".

How many syllables are in epicanthic?

epicanthic has 4 syllables and divides as e-pi-can-thic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is epicanthic a common word?

epicanthic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.