prolapse

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊlæps/
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Verb

prolapse (third-person singular simple present prolapses, present participle prolapsing, simple past and past participle prolapsed)

  1. (intransitive) To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position.

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Noun

prolapse (countable and uncountable, plural prolapses)

  1. A moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ.

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Latin

Participle

prōlāpse

  1. vocative masculine singular of prōlāpsus

Spanish

Verb

prolapse

  1. inflection of prolapsar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative