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prolapsus

prolapsus is the alternative form of prolapse.

Meaning of prolapse

Noun

prolapse (countable and uncountable, plural prolapses)

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

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Forms of prolapsus

pluralprolapsi
pluralprolapsuses

Origin of prolapsus

Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus (“collapsed”).

Questions about prolapsus

What is prolapsus the alternative form of?
Prolapsus is the alternative form of prolapse.

Words near prolapsus in the dictionary

  1. prolapses
  2. prolapsi
  3. prolapsing
  4. prolapsion
  5. prolapsions
  6. prolapsus
  7. prolapsuses
  8. prolargin
  9. prolarva
  10. prolarvae
  11. prolarval

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