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21Polemonium coeruleum having corymbs of drooping flowers usually blue Gray — Jacob Ja cob, n. [Cf. F. Jacob. See 2d {Jack}.] A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven ( Gen. xxviii. 12); also called {Israel}. [1913 Webster] And Jacob said . . . with my… …
22ptosis — Drooping of the upper eyelid for any one of a number of causes. May be a result of damage to the third cranial nerve, to myasthenia gravis, to Horner&’s syndrome or simply be an isolated congenital feature …
23Congenital ptosis of the eyelids — Drooping of the upper eyelids at birth. The lids may droop only slightly or they may cover the pupils and restrict or even block vision. Moderate or severe pstrosis calls for treatment to permit normal vision development. If not corrected,… …
24Eyelids, congenital ptosis of the — Drooping of the upper eyelids at birth. The lids may droop only slightly or they may cover the pupils and restrict or even block vision. Moderate or severe pstrosis calls for treatment to permit normal vision development. If not corrected,… …
25Mitral prolapse — Drooping down or abnormal bulging of the mitral valve cusps during the contraction of the heart …
26Mitral valve prolapse — Drooping down or abnormal bulging of the mitral valve’s cusps backward into the * * * mitral valve prolapse n a valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral valve flaps close incompletely during systole usu. producing either a click or… …
27Ptosis of the eyelids, adult — Drooping of the upper eyelids in adults, most commonly due to separation of the tendon of the lid lifting (levator) muscle from the eyelid. This may occur with age, after cataract or other eye surgery, an injury, eye tumor or a complication of… …
28Ptosis of the eyelids, congenital — Drooping of the upper eyelids at birth. The lids may droop only slightly or they may cover the pupils and restrict or even block vision. Moderate or severe ptosis calls for treatment to permit normal vision development. If not corrected,… …
29blepharoptosis, blepharoptosia — Drooping of the upper eyelid. SYN: ptosis (2). [blepharo + G. ptosis, a falling] b. adiposa b. with accumulation of subcutaneous fat causing skin to hang over the free border of the eyelid. false b. SYN: pseudoptosis …
30Zilpah — Drooping, Leah s handmaid, and the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen. 30:9 13) …
