ptosis

Noun

ptosis (plural ptoses)

1. the prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid

   • 1970: 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. — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

6 letters in word "ptosis": I O P S S T.

Anagrams of ptosis:

• posits

Words found within ptosis:

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• Definitions:
• Drooping of the eyelid.
• The drooping of a body part, especially the eyelids or the breasts.
• Drooping of the eyelids due to weakness of the muscles responsible for keeping the lids open.
• Sagging or drooping of a body part, such as the breasts.
• sagging. Breast ptosis is usually the result of normal aging and the pull of gravity or changes caused by pregnancy or weight loss.
• a sagging or prolapse of an organ or part ; especially : a drooping of the upper eyelid (as from paralysis of the oculomotor nerve)
• prolapse or downward displacement of an organ or part.
• Dropping of the upper eyelid due to paralysis of the 3rd cranial nerve.
• Weakened eye muscles the normal aging process can cause the upper eyelids to droop over time. Surgery can remedy the problem.
• When one or both upper eyelids droop because of weakness often related to the third cranial nerve.
• drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness
• Nephroptosis (also called floating kidney or renal ptosis) is an abnormal condition in which the kidney drops down into the pelvis when the patient stands up.
• In ophthalmology, ptosis is an abnormally low position (drooping) of the upper eyelid which may grow more or less severe during the day. Ptosis occurs when the muscle that usually raises the eyelid is not strong enough to do so. ...
• When describing breasts, degrees of ptosis can be described in terms of the nipple's location relative to the inframammary crease, the fold where the underside of the breast meets the chest.
• drooping of the upper eyelid.

• ptoses ←
• ptooey ←
• ptomains ←
• ptosis
• → ptotic
• → ptui
• → ptyalagogic