canthalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈkæn.θəl/

名詞

canthal (plural canthals)

1. (zoology) Any of the scales along the upper surface of the canthus rostralis in snakes, located behind the level of the prenasal/postnasal suture and before the supraocular.

形容詞

canthal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to a canthus (meeting point of upper and lower eyelid).
   • 2008 January, Andrew P. Trussler, Rod J. Rohrich, “MOC-PS CME Article: Blepharoplasty”, in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, volume 121, number 1S, →DOI, page 2:

     The lateral canthal position is normally 2 mm superior to the medial canthal position (i.e., a positive canthal tilt). A negative lateral canthal tilt may indicate descent of the lateral canthus from disinsertion, laxity, or the presence of a prominent eye.

   • 2023 June 7, Ruchira Sharma, “Women Want One Thing in Men, and It's 'Hunter Eyes'”, in VICE‎, archived from the original on 13 June 2023:

     Despite the fact that he is universally fancied by almost every woman on the internet, Timothee Chalamet's negative canthal tilt would land him firmly in "prey" territory.

派生語

• canthal tilt
• intercanthal
• intracanthal
• subcanthal

アナグラム

• Chantal, chalant