A medical condition in which the colon drops downward from its normal position, sometimes dragging the stomach with it.
From Greek 'gastro-' (stomach), 'colon' (large intestine), and '-ptosis' (falling or drooping). The term describes a prolapse of abdominal organs.
In the early 1900s, doctors blamed 'ptosis' (organ sagging) for almost every ailment from depression to digestive trouble, performing hundreds of surgeries to 'fix' it—a cautionary tale about surgical fads in medicine.
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