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prolapse, prolapses, prolapsed, prolapsing (verb forms)
To fall or to slip out of place; such as, of a bodily organ or part.
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prolapse, prolapsus (s); prolapses (pl) (noun forms)
1. A slippage or sinking of a body organ or part; such as, a valve of the heart from its usual position.
2. To slip or to fall out of its proper place in the body; prolapsed.
3. A sinking of an organ or other part, especially its appearance at a natural or artificial orifice.
4. Originally in English, "gliding forward".
2. To slip or to fall out of its proper place in the body; prolapsed.
3. A sinking of an organ or other part, especially its appearance at a natural or artificial orifice.
4. Originally in English, "gliding forward".
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prolapse of the iris (noun)
The protrusion of the iris through an injury in the cornea of the eye.
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