Sunday, 6 December 2009

Definition of "Ptosis"


Anon. Ptosis: n. a person affected with an excessive liking for cheap pints of beer, also a drunk person (cf. drunkard) [Abbr. Pt. + -"osis"]


caro Ptosis : In the egyptian antiquity, he was the Osiris's cousin. He was responsible of the world of the deaths and watched souls.


By the way, a ptosis is the "drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness."

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