prolapse
noun/ˈprəʊlæps/
/ˈprəʊlæps/
(medical)- a condition in which an organ of the body has slipped forward or down from its normal positionTopics Health problemsc2Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Latin prolaps- ‘slipped forward’, from the verb prolabi, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + labi ‘to slip’.
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