prolapse

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsprolapsusdescensus

   Broaderdisability

   Narrowerenteroptosisglossoptosismetroptosisnephroptosisptosisureteroceleurethrocele

1. 1.

   slip or fall out of place, as of body parts

   “prolapsed rectum”

   Broaderdescend

Other forms of prolapse

plural

prolapses·

past tense

prolapsed·

present participle

prolapsing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prolapse

What does prolapse mean?

prolapse means "the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prolapse?

prolapse has 2 syllables: pro-lapse. The stress falls on "pro".

What is another word for prolapse?

Close synonyms include prolapsus, descensus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prolapse a common word?

prolapse is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.