PROLAPSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prolapse mean? 

• PROLAPSE (noun)
  The noun PROLAPSE has 1 sense:

1. the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)

  Familiarity information: PROLAPSE used as a noun is very rare.

• PROLAPSE (verb)
  The verb PROLAPSE has 1 sense:

1. slip or fall out of place, as of body parts

  Familiarity information: PROLAPSE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROLAPSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

descensus; prolapse; prolapsus

Hypernyms ("prolapse" is a kind of...):

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prolapse"):

enteroptosis (an abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity)

glossoptosis (abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue)

descensus uteri; metroptosis (prolapse of the uterus)

nephroptosia; nephroptosis (prolapse of the kidney)

ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness)

ureterocele (prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow)

urethrocele (prolapse of the urethra into the vagina)

Derivation:

prolapse (slip or fall out of place, as of body parts)

• PROLAPSE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they prolapse    ... he / she / it prolapses   
Past simple: prolapsed   
Past participle: prolapsed   
-ing form: prolapsing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slip or fall out of place, as of body parts

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

prolapsed rectum

Hypernyms (to "prolapse" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

prolapse (the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus))

 Context examples 

Also called: Cystocele, Enterocele, Pelvic prolapse, Rectocele

(Pelvic Support Problems, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Hypoxia in utero, caused by conditions such as inadequate placental function (often abruptio placentae), preeclamptic toxicity, prolapse of the umbilical cord, or complications from anesthetic administration.

(Fetal Hypoxia, NCI Thesaurus)

Prolapse of the mitral valve, often with regurgitation, associated with myxomatous proliferation of the leaflets of the mitral valve.

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, Food and Drug Administration)

A fairly common and often benign valvular heart disorder characterized by redundancy or hooding of mitral valve leaflets so that they prolapse into the left atrium, often causing mitral regurgitation.

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, NCI Thesaurus)

Most people who have mitral valve prolapse (MVP) don't need treatment because they don't have symptoms and complications.

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

The backward flow of blood from the left ventricle into the left atrium, owing to insufficiency of the mitral valve; it may be acute or chronic, usually due to mitral valve prolapse, rheumatic heart disease or a complication of cardiac dilatation.

(Mitral Valve Regurgitation, NCI Thesaurus)

If they don't, you could have: • Regurgitation - when blood leaks back through the valve in the wrong direction • Mitral valve prolapse - when one of the valves, the mitral valve, has floppy flaps and doesn't close tightly • Stenosis - when the valve doesn't open enough and blocks blood flow

(Heart Valve Diseases, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) occurs when one of your heart's valves doesn't work properly.

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)