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What does ptosis mean? Is ptosis a Scrabble word?

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Is ptosis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ptosis is a Scrabble US word. The word ptosis is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is ptosis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ptosis is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

P3T1O1S1I1S1

Is ptosis a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ptosis is a Words With Friends word. The word ptosis is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

POSITS,PTOSIS,

5-letter words (7 found)

PISOS,POSIT,POSTS,SPITS,SPOTS,STOPS,TOPIS,

4-letter words (23 found)

ISOS,OPTS,PISO,PISS,PITS,POIS,POSS,POST,POTS,PSIS,PSST,SIPS,SIST,SITS,SOPS,SOTS,SPIT,SPOT,STOP,TIPS,TOPI,TOPS,TOSS,

3-letter words (22 found)

IOS,ISO,ITS,OIS,OPS,OPT,PIS,PIT,POI,POS,POT,PSI,PST,SIP,SIS,SIT,SOP,SOS,SOT,TIP,TIS,TOP,

2-letter words (13 found)

IO,IS,IT,OI,OP,OS,PI,PO,SI,SO,ST,TI,TO,

You can make 67 words from ptosis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ptosis

ptosis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊ.sɪs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊ.sɪs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

ptosis (countable and uncountable, plural ptoses)

  1. (medicine) The prolapse of a bodily organ, especially drooping of the eyelid or the breasts.

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • posits

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtosis/ [ˈt̪o.sis]
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: pto‧sis

Noun

ptosis f (plural ptosis)

  1. (medicine) ptosis

Further reading

  • “ptosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org