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    PTOSIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: ptoses  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weaknessplay

    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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