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ptosis

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtəʊ.sɪs

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

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Examples

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.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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