intr.v., -lapsed, -laps·ing, -laps·es.
To fall or slip out of place.
n. prolapse (prō'lăps', prō-lăps') also pro·lap·sus (prō-lăp'səs)
The falling down or slipping out of place of an organ or part, such as the uterus.
[Latin prōlābī, prōlāps-, to fall down : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + lābī, to fall.]
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