Definition of Ptoses

1. Noun. (plural of ptosis) ¹

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Definition of Ptoses

1. ptosis [n] - See also: ptosis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptoses

ptilosis
ptisan
ptisane
ptisans
ptochologist
ptochologists
ptochology
ptomain
ptomaine
ptomaine poisoning
ptomaines
ptomainic
ptomains
ptooey
ptooie
ptoses (current term)
ptosis
ptosyl
ptotic
ptr
pts
ptui
ptyalagogue
ptyalagogues
ptyalin
ptyaline
ptyalins
ptyalise
ptyalised
ptyalises

Literary usage of Ptoses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical gynecology by Samuel Wyllis Bandler (1914)
"THE RELATION OF ptoses TO NEURASTHENIC SYMPTOMS A large proportion of displacements of the uterus and adnexa, of chronic congestion and venous stasis in the ..."

2. The Pedagogy of Physical Training, with Special Reference to Formal Exercises by Charles Ward Crampton (1922)
"All four ptoses as a rule occur together. Any one tends to cause the others, ... ptoses are likely to occur after illness, a period of loss of sleep, ..."

3. International Clinics: A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures by Henry W. Cattell (1902)
"In nervous patients and in women who suffer from visceral ptoses it is important ... are relatively common among patients suffering from visceral ptoses. ..."

4. Handbook of Therapy by Oliver Thomas Osborne, Morris Fishbein, Jerome Henry Salisbury (1915)
"ptoses of the various parts of the intestine are believed to form the basis of the obstruction from which the abnormal symptoms arise. ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on Medical Diagnosis for Students and Physicians by John Herr Musser (1913)
"ptoses of Colon and Intestines—These are met in practically every case of ... Diagnosis of intestinal ptoses by x-ray is a valuable procedure, ..."

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