PROPTOSIS


Meaning of PROPTOSIS in English

[ prɒp'təʊsɪs ]

■ noun Medicine protrusion or displacement of an eye or other body participle

Origin

C17: via late L. from Gk proptōsis , from pro 'before' + piptein 'to fall'.

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