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uncrimp

verb

Etymology

From un- + crimp.

  1. derived from *krimpaną✻ — “to shrink, draw back”
  2. derived from crimpen
  3. inherited from crimpen — “to be contracted, be drawn together”
  4. prefixed as uncrimp — “un + crimp”

Definitions

  1. To straighten out from a crimped state.

    • We propose that the rapid load—unload behavior of sclera becomes stiffer in most eyes after chronic IOP elevation due to the uncrimping of collagen fibrils and the reorientation of scleral lamellae, as detailed in a prior publication.

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