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Definition: Ptosis |
PtosisNoun1. Drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Ptosis \Pto"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression falling.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Ptosis" is a common misspelling or typo for: patois, posies, posit. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | 1. prolapse of an organ or part. 2. drooping of the upper eyelid from paralysis of the third nerve or from sympathetic innervation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Ptosis |
| Specialty definitions using "ptosis": Horner-Bernard syndrome. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ptosis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (ptosis), Dutch (ptosis), Spanish (ptosis). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ptosis usually resolves within a few weeks and may be dose or site related. (references) | |
For blepharospasm, mild eyelid ptosis is the most common complication (10 to 40 percent of cases). (references) | ||
Severe ptosis and diplopia are estimated to occur in 3 percent and 6 percent of patients, respectively. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ptosis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ptosis" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ptosis | 127 |
breast ptosis | 18 |
eyelid ptosis | 9 |
ptosis surgery | 7 |
gravies miastenia ptosis | 4 |
breast picture ptosis | 4 |
cause ptosis | 3 |
blepharoplasty ptosis | 3 |
congenital ptosis | 2 |
group ptosis support | 2 |
crutch ptosis | 2 |
botox ptosis | 2 |
constricted ptosis pupil | 2 |
palpebral ptosis | 2 |
ptosis senile | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ptosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ptosis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ptosis (blood sedimentation test, descensus, descent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ptosis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ptosis, Ptose, Senkung (counterbore, decline, decrease, dip, drop, fall, hollow, lowering, reduction, sag, sagging, settlement, sinking, subsidence, valley). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πτώση(του άνω βλεφάρου). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ptosi (blood sedimentation test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | osisptay ptose. (various references) ptosis. (various references) sarkma (droop, hang, hanging, prolapse, prolapsus, sag, slouch), organın aşağıya kayması. (various references) опущення верхньої повіки. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ptosis": apoptosis, proptosis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ptosis" (pronounced 'Pto"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: posits. | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-p-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: pisos, posit, posts, spits, spots, stops, topis. | |
-2 letters: opts, piso, piss, pits, pois, post, pots, psis, psst, sips, sits, sops, sots, spit, spot, stop, tips, topi, tops, toss. | |
-3 letters: its, ops, opt, pis, pit, poi, pot, psi, sip, sis, sit, sop, sos, sot, tip, tis, top. | |
-4 letters: is, it, op, os, pi, si, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-p-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: imposts, misstop, pistols, pistons, postins, potsies, riposts, sophist, sopites, spigots, spintos. | |
+2 letters: airposts, apostils, copyists, deposits, disports, exposits, impastos, isotopes, isotypes, misstops, pistoles, poetises, pollists, poloists, postings, potassic, prosaist, prosiest, prosties, protasis, protists, reposits, ripostes, ripstops, signpost, slipouts, soapiest, sophists, soppiest, soupiest, spinouts, topsails, topsides, topsoils, topspins, triposes, tropisms, utopisms, utopists. | |
+3 letters: aphorists, apoptosis, atropisms, autopsies, bowsprits, coscripts, despotism, dioptases, dystopias, epistomes, helistops, highspots, hospitals, imposters, impostors, isophotes, isopleths, isotopies, kingposts, lopsticks, mileposts, mispoints, nepotisms, nepotists, opposites, opticists, optimises, optimisms, optimists, outstrips, oviposits, parodists, pastromis, pilotless, piosities, piscators, pisolites, plastisol, poetisers, pointless, polemists, politesse, populists, positions, positives, positrons, postfixes, postiches, postiques, potassium, proptosis, prosaists, prosodist, prothesis, saponites, satinpods, scotopias, shoplifts, signposts, slipknots, sloppiest, snoopiest, solipsist, sophistic, sophistry, sorptions, spiccatos, spinosity, spiritoso, spiritous, spittoons, spoliates, spongiest, spookiest, spooniest, sportiest, spottiest, stinkpots, storeship, subtopias, subtopics, tipstocks, topsiders, townships, uptossing. | |
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