Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

Ptosis ventriculi

English translation:

collapsed ventricle (of the heart)

Added to glossary by milijana trobradovic
Feb 6, 2014 12:29
10 yrs ago
Latin term

Ptosis ventriculi

Latin to English Medical Medical (general)
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Proposed translations

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collapsed ventricle (of the heart)

'Ptosis' is actually a Greek word and means 'a falling, collapse'. Latin 'ventriculus' is used by Cicero (de natura deorum, 2.55.138) of a ventricle of the heart.
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Reference comments

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is this about the brain?

Chiari Q & A - Mayfield Chiari Center
www.mayfieldchiaricenter.com/chiari_Q&A.php
Cases of cerebellar slumping (or cerebellar ptosis) that you may have heard about ... Adequate decompression of the brainstem and fourth ventricle will allow ...

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dangling ventricle

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Choroid Plexus Cyst/Dangling Ventricle Update** LONG - BabyCenter
community.babycenter.com/.../choroid_plexus_cystdangling_ventricle_...‎
Well, we had our follow up today on my choroid plexus cyst/dangling ventricle. I am not trying to worry anyone but I have been crying ever since, and would ...

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Fetal ventriculomegaly | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia ...
radiopaedia.org/articles/fetal-ventriculomegaly‎
Tethered at the foramen of Monro the free hanging choroid will "hang down" and appear to "dangle" within the dilated ventricle. This appearance is often termed ...

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Position - ChestofBooks.com
chestofbooks.com › Health and Healing › Diseases Of The Stomach‎
25 Jun 2013 - The most extensive degrees of gastric dilatation are found in cases of ... Descensus ventriculi or gastroptosis (low position of the stomach) is the ...
gastroptosis (Meaning of) - Encyclo
www.encyclo.co.uk/define/gastroptosis
Gastroptosis Condition in which the stomach occupies an abnormally low position in the abdomen. ... of the stomach. ... Synonym: bathygastry, descensus ventriculi, ventroptosis, ventroptosia. ... The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between ...

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http://www.kmle.com/search.php?Search=descensus

This is all the help I am able to offer

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ventricle - Wiktionary
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ventricle‎
ventricle. Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jump to: navigation, search ... From French ventricule, from Latin ventriculus (“belly, stomach, ventricle”), ...

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Gastric antral vascular ectasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric_antral_vascular_ectasia‎
GAVE results in intestinal bleeding similar to duodenal ulcers and portal ... the 1990s focuses on a history of ****prolapse of the stomach into the small intestine******.
Note from asker:
No it is about duodenum. Sorry that I did not mention that in my question.
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