Usually means: Drooping or falling of eyelid.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. ptosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. ptosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ptosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ptosis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ptosis: Vocabulary.com
  6. ptosis: Wordnik
  7. ptosis: Wiktionary
  8. ptosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ptosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. -ptosis, ptosis: Dictionary.com
  11. Ptosis (breasts), Ptosis (chin), Ptosis (disambiguation), Ptosis (eyelid), Ptosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Ptosis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. ptosis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. ptosis: Rhymezone
  15. Ptosis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. ptosis: FreeDictionary.org
  17. ptosis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. ptosis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. ptosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -ptosis: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ptosis (renal), ptosis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. ptosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Ptosis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Ptosis: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Ptosis: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  8. Ptosis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  10. ptosis: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  11. ptosis: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  12. Ptosis (eyelid), Ptosis (renal), -ptosis, ptosis: Medical dictionary
  13. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. Ptosis: Brain Injury
  15. Ptosis: Drug Medical Dictionary
  16. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ptosis: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ptosis)

noun:  (medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.

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