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PTOSIS
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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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