ptosis
English
/ˈtəʊ.sɪs/, /ˈtoʊ.sɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πτῶσις (falling, a grammatical case, lowering, a fall, fall), πίπτω (fall, fall down, I fall).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πίπτω
Gloss
fall, fall down, I fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🌠 🌧️ 🌨️ 🍁 🍂 🦔
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cladoptosis English
- enteroptosis English
- ferroptosis English
- gastroenteroptosis English
- gastroptosis English
- glossoptosis English
- hepatoptosis English
- necroptosis English
- nephroptosis English
- paremptosis English
- pseudoptosis English
- pyroptosis English
- splanchnoptosis English
- triptote English
- visceroptosis English
- -ptosi Italian
- διάπτωμα Ancient Greek
- πίπτω Ancient Greek
- πτωτικός Ancient Greek
- πτωτός Ancient Greek
- πτῶμα Ancient Greek
- πτῶσις Ancient Greek
- πῑ́πτω Ancient Greek
- συμπίπτω Ancient Greek
- ἀντίπτωσις Ancient Greek
- ἐκπίπτω Ancient Greek
- ἐμπίπτω Ancient Greek
- *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pípth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *padežь Proto-Slavic
- πέφτω Greek (modern)
- πτώση Greek (modern)