ptosis
/ˈtəʊ.sɪs/US/ˈtoʊ.sɪs/
ptosis noun: the prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.
Noun
ptosis (countable and uncountable, plural ptoses)
- The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.
- There were many other factors to be taken into account: Miss West’s age, the type of enlargement, whether the condition was one of pure hypertrophy, the degree of ptosis present, the actual scale of enlargement and, finally, the presence of any pathology in the breast tissue itself.1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition
ptosis meaning in Tamil
ptosis in Tamil
- இளம்வாதம், தொங்கிய கண் இமை, தொய்வு, இமை இயங்காமை, இமை இறக்கம், இமை வீழ்ச்சி
Forms of ptosis
| plural | ptoses |
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Origin of ptosis
From Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling, fall”), from πίπτω (píptō, “to fall down”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix). First used in 1710.
Words formed from ptosis
Words that rhyme with ptosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
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- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- potocytosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about ptosis
- What does ptosis mean?
- Ptosis means the prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.
- What is ptosis in Tamil?
- Ptosis in Tamil is இளம்வாதம், தொங்கிய கண் இமை, தொய்வு. See Ptosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ptosis?
- Ptosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ptosis?
- Ptosis is pronounced /ˈtəʊ.sɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ptosis?
- The plural of ptosis is ptoses.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ptosis (page history and authors); ptosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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