pseudoptosis /pseu·do·pto·sis/ (-to´sis) decrease in the size of the palpebral aperture.
pseudoptosis
pseu·dop·to·sis (s  d p-t  s s, sd-t-)n. A condition resembling ptosis and due to blepharophimosis, blepharochalasis, or some other abnormality. Also called false blepharoptosis. |
pseudoptosis
[so̅o̅′doptō′sis]
an abnormally small palpebral fissure.
pseudoptosis
decrease in the size of the palpebral aperture.
pseudoptosis
A condition resembling ptosis, due to abnormalities other than those found in the eyelid elevator muscles. Causes include blepharophimosis, dermatochalasis, ipsilateral hypotropia, phthisis bulbi, microphthalmos, anophthalmos, or a decrease in orbital volume as in enophthalmos. Syn. apparent ptosis. See blepharophimosis syndrome.
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