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‖ proptosis Path.|prɒpˈtəʊsɪs|
[late L. proptōsis, a. Gr. πρόπτωσις a falling forward, prolapse, f. προπίπτειν to fall forwards.]
Prolapse or protrusion of some bodily part, esp. of the eye.
1676J. Cooke Marrow Chirurg. 713 Staphyloma... In its progress it receives several Names, as when the Uvea sticks out above the Cornea: 'tis called Proptosis. 1782E. Ford in Med. Commun. I. 95 [She] was brought to me..with a Proptosis of the left eye. 1876Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 17 During the examination one of the eyes got dislocated forwards, and had to be replaced... The proptosis is probably accounted for by shallowness of the orbits.
So propˈtosed ppl. a., prolapsed, protruded.
1890Lancet 1 Feb. 246/2 A small portion of the bladder wall was proptosed through the deficient neck. 1900Ibid. 12 May 1362/2 An elderly woman whose Right Eye on Stooping became Proptosed. |