Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0073 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-ptosis: Drooping
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The idea
The suffix ptosis names drooping, sagging, or downward displacement of the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Nephroptosis is downward displacement of the kidney.
Where people slip
The p is silent when ptosis opens a term, and sounded when it follows a root.
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