Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Prolapse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.), obsolete Prolapse.
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- noun medicine, obsolete
prolapse
Etymologies
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Latin prolapsio.
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Examples
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In many cases, owing to excessive desire, arising either from youthful impetuosity or from lengthened abstinence, prolapsion of the womb takes place and the catamenia appear repeatedly, thrice in the month, until conception occurs; and then the womb withdraws upwards again to its proper place ...
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