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METROPTOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does metroptosis mean?
• METROPTOSIS (noun)
The noun METROPTOSIS has 1 sense:
1. prolapse of the uterus
Familiarity information: METROPTOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prolapse of the uterus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
descensus uteri; metroptosis
Hypernyms ("metroptosis" is a kind of...):
descensus; prolapse; prolapsus (the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus))
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