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prolapsenoun /ˈprəʊlaps / /prəˈlaps /1A slipping forward or down of a part or organ of the body: a rectal prolapse...- Videodefecography is specifically designed to evaluate evacuatory disorders such as rectal prolapse and rectocele.
- Mechanical problems with colostomies include herniation, prolapse, and stenosis.
- Other causes include rectal prolapse, diarrheal states, radiation injury to the rectum and overflow fecal incontinence secondary to impaction.
1.1A prolapsed part or organ, especially a uterus or rectum. verb /prəʊˈlaps / [no object] (usually as adjective prolapsed) (Of a part or organ of the body) slip forward or down: a prolapsed uterus...- Haemorrhoids that remain prolapsed may develop thrombosis and gangrene.
- The lesion moved with the pulmonary valve and prolapsed back and forth across the valve, suggesting a cardiac tumor.
- Echocardiography revealed a thin, mobile mass at the level of the pulmonary valve that prolapsed through the valve during diastole.
OriginMid 18th century: from Latin prolaps- 'slipped forward', from the verb prolabi, from pro- 'forward, down' + labi 'to slip'. |