uncrimp

Etymology

From un- + crimp.

uncrimp means to straighten out from a crimped state. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

verb

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.”