Meaning Ptosis
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Downward displacement. For example, ptosis of the eyelids is drooping of the eyelids.
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Drooping of the upper eyelid.
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Drooping or prolepsis of something
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1743, from Greek ptosis, literally "falling, a fall," also "the case of a noun," nominal derivative of piptein "to fall" (see symptom). In English, especially of the eyel [..]
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A dropping of an organ or body part. Ptosis refers especially the "drooping" of the eyelid; a symptom characteristic of muscle nerve damage or a condition such as myasthenia gravis.
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droopy upper eyelid (pop)
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Drooping, as of an eyelid.
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(TOH-sis). Drooping of upper eyelid. May be congenital or caused by paralysis or weakness of the 3rd cranial nerve or sympathetic nerves, or by excessive weight of the upper lids.
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(French : ptose) Paralytic drooping of the upper eyelid.
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(n) drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness
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drooping, prolapse
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Drooping of a body part, such as the upper eyelid, from paralysis, or drooping of visceral organs from weakness of the abdominal muscles. [Click Here To Return To List]
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A prolapse or falling of some organ or structure, especially the drooping of a paralyzed upper eyelid.
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The natural droop of the breast over the inframammary fold.
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A drooping of the eyelid attributed to weakened muscles.
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Prolapse of an organ or part. Usually, it refers to the drooping of the eyelid, closing the eye. Clinically, it refers to paralysis of the 3rd cranial nerve.
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Drooping of upper eyelid (19thC)
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Ptosis is a condition characterised by drooping of the upper eyelid.
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Drooping of the upper lid due to deficient development or Paralysis of the levator palpebrae Muscle.
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A congenital or acquired condition in which the SPLEEN is not in its normal anatomical position but moves about in the Abdomen. This is due to laxity or absence of suspensory Ligaments which normally [..]
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Drooping of the upper eyelid.
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Drooping eyelid
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the drooping of a body part, especially the eyelids or the breasts.
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A drooping of the upper eyelid.
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medical term for a droopy eyelid.
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The drooping of a body part, especially the eyelids or the breasts.
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ptosis
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