"ptosis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtəʊ.sɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtoʊ.sɪs/ [General-American] Forms: ptoses [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs Etymology: From Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling, fall”), from πίπτω (píptō, “to fall down”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix). First used in 1710. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|πτῶσις||falling, fall}} Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling, fall”), {{af|grc|πίπτω|-σις|nocat=1|pos2=nominal suffix|t1=to fall down}} πίπτω (píptō, “to fall down”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|ptoses}} ptosis (countable and uncountable, plural ptoses)
  1. (medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts. Wikipedia link: ptosis Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: apoptosis, blepharoptosis, cladoptosis, gastroptosis, mastoptosis, nephroptosis, visceroptosis Related terms: ptotic, phthisis (english: atrophy) Translations (the prolapse of a bodily organ): птоз (ptoz) [masculine] (Russian), опуще́ние (opuščénije) [neuter] (Russian), отвиса́ние (otvisánije) [neuter] (Russian)

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