What is "prolapse" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does prolapse mean in English? Meaning of prolapse definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "prolapse" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "prolapse": the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)

Noun

  • Meaning: the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
  • Synonyms: descensus prolapse prolapsus
  • Hyponyms: descensus uteri enteroptosis glossoptosis metroptosis nephroptosia nephroptosis ptosis ureterocele urethrocele
  • Hypernyms: disability disablement handicap impairment
  • Meaning of "prolapse": slip or fall out of place, as of body parts

    Verb

  • Meaning: slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
  • Example: prolapsed rectum
  • Synonyms: prolapse
  • Hypernyms: come down descend fall go down
  • Synonyms:

    go down, plunge, crash, collapse, tumble, dive, subside, settle, cascade, slide, plummet, swoop, slip, penetrate, disembark, trickle, dip, stumble, sink, slope, set, pitch, crouch, trip, ground, decline, plop, stoop, topple, gravitate, slump, slant, coast, dismount, toboggan, submerge, fall, weep, dribble, incline, light, drop, cataract, get down, get off, detrain, deplane, cave in, fall prostrate, lose balance, slough off, slide, plunge, slope, declivity, tumble, grade, sag, header, slip, settlement, decline, droop, gradient, swoop, declension, inclination, sinking, crash, slant, coast, hill, fall, downgrade, precipitation, incline, drop, declination, landslide, dip, falling, topple, plunging, drop-off, tailspin, cave-in, coming down, plummeting, sinkage,

    Antonyms:

    increase, ascend, grow, even, straighten, pour, go up, rise, leave, level, mount, evenness, increase, ascension, improvement, level, rise, ascent, elevation, upgrade,

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    prolapse in English: prolapse
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