How do you pronounce ptosis?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtoʊ.sɪs/.

ptosis

/ˈtoʊ.sɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: pto-sis
IPA: /ˈtoʊ.sɪs/

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Meaning

noun

The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτῶσις (ptôsis, “falling, fall”), from πίπτω (píptō, “to fall down”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix). First used in 1710.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πτῶσις

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtoʊ.sɪs/
British English: /ˈtəʊ.sɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ptoses (plural)

Derived Forms

apoptosis blepharoptosis cladoptosis enteroptosis ferroptosis gastroptosis glossoptosis hepatoptosis mastoptosis nephroptosis onychoptosis pseudoptosis

Phrases

blepharophimosis-ptosis-intellectual disability syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

ptotic phthisis

Rhymes With

diagnosis tuberculosis prognosis sclerosis hypnosis psychosis apoptosis osteoporosis thrombosis stenosis osmosis symbiosis