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prolapse


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prolapse  \Pro*lapse"\,  n.  [L.  prolapsus,  fr  prolapsus,  p.  p.  of 
  prolabi  to  fall  forward;  pro  forward  +  labi  to  glide,  fall.] 
  (Med.) 
  The  falling  down  of  a  part  through  the  orifice  with  which  it 
  is  naturally  connected,  especially  of  the  uterus  or  the 
  rectum.  --Dunglison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prolapse  \Pro*lapse"\,  v.  i. 
  To  fall  down  or  out  to  protrude. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prolapse 
  n  :  the  slipping  or  falling  out  of  place  of  an  organ  (as  the 
  uterus)  [syn:  {prolapsus}] 
  v  :  of  body  parts:  "prolapsed  rectum" 




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