n. pl. prop·to·ses (-sēz) Forward displacement of an organ, especially an eyeball. [Late Latin proptōsis, prolapse, from Greek, from propiptein, to fall forward : pro-, forward; see PRO-2 + piptein, ptō-, to fall; see pet- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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