PTOSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: ptoses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ptosis" is a kind of...):

descensus; prolapse; prolapsus (the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ptosis"):

brow ptosis (sagging eyebrows)

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