Ptosis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtəʊ.sɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ptosis is a noun meaning (medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.
Meaning
(medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.
Example Sentences
There were many other factors to be taken into account: Miss West’s age, the type of enlargement, whether the condition was one of pure hypertrophy, the degree of ptosis present, the actual scale of enlargement and, finally, the presence of any pathology in the breast tissue itself.
Word Forms
- ptoses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include drooping, mammoptosis, exophthalmia, blepharoptosis, hepatoptosis, prolapsus.
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