PROLAPSE Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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prolapse

[ noun proh-laps, proh-laps; verb proh-laps ]

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noun

Pathology. a falling down of an organ or part, as the uterus, from its normal position.

verb (used without object)

prolapsed, prolapsing.

to fall or slip down or out of place.

prolapse

/ 藞pr蓹蕣l忙ps; pr蓹蕣藞l忙ps /

noun

Also calledprolapsuspr蓹蕣藞l忙ps蓹s the sinking or falling down of an organ or part, esp the womb Compare proptosis

verb

(of an organ, etc) to sink from its normal position

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prolapse¹

First recorded in 1555鈥�65, prolapse is from the Late Latin word 辫谤艒濒腻辫蝉耻蝉 a slipping forth. See pro- ¹, lapse

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prolapse¹

C17: from Latin 辫谤艒濒腻产颈 to slide along, from pro- ¹+ 濒腻产墨 to slip

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Now, just over a year on, Miss Cotson said she lived with chronic pain, prolapse, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue.

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She had been admitted to hospital on 7 February following a sudden loss of mobility in her lower limbs after a disc prolapse.

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Pelvic mesh was considered the gold-standard treatment for incontinence and prolapse in women for many years, to give weak or damaged tissue extra support.

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Wendy Gibbs, 80, had been due to be operated on by Marc Lamah to repair a pelvic prolapse at a private hospital in Brighton, run by Nuffield Health.

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鈥淚 don鈥檛 think that the menstrual cup causes prolapse.鈥�

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