Ptosis

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Ptosis (from the Greek: πτῶσις 'falling', 'a fall', 'dropped') refers to droopiness or abnormal downward displacement of a body part or organ. Particular cases include:

• Ptosis (eyelid)
• Ptosis (chin)
• Ptosis (breasts)
• Visceroptosis, of the abdominal viscera
  • Gastroptosis, of the stomach
• Nephroptosis, of the kidney

See also

• Prolapse, a condition in which organs fall down or slip out of place
• Proptosis
  , or Exophthalmos

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