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prolapse

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈpɹoʊlæps/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prolapsus, descensus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disability, disablement, handicap, impairment

Narrower terms: enteroptosis, glossoptosis, metroptosis, descensus uteri, nephroptosis, nephroptosia, ptosis, ureterocele, urethrocele

4

verb

Meaning 4

slip or fall out of place, as of body parts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • prolapsed rectum

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: prolapse — a moving out of place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脱垂 (tuōchuí) — a moving out of place
  • Esperanto: prolapso — a moving out of place
  • Finnish: esiinluiskahdus — a moving out of place
  • Finnish: laskeuma — a moving out of place
  • Finnish: prolapsi — a moving out of place
  • French: prolapsus — a moving out of place
  • Greek: πρόπτωση (próptosi) — a moving out of place
  • Hungarian: előreesés — a moving out of place
  • Hungarian: előesés — a moving out of place
  • Hungarian: prolapszus — a moving out of place
  • Hungarian: süllyedés — a moving out of place
  • Hungarian: csuszamodás — a moving out of place
  • Hungarian: alászállás — a moving out of place
  • Hungarian: ereszkedés — a moving out of place
  • Hungarian: leszállás — a moving out of place
  • Icelandic: framfall — a moving out of place
  • Icelandic: sig — a moving out of place
  • Italian: prolasso — a moving out of place
  • Japanese: 脱出 — a moving out of place
  • Polish: wypadnięcie — a moving out of place
  • Polish: wypadanie — a moving out of place
  • Portuguese: prolapso — a moving out of place
  • Spanish: prolapso — a moving out of place
  • Swedish: framfall — a moving out of place
  • Swedish: prolaps — a moving out of place
  • Bulgarian: смъквам се (smǎkvam se) — to move out of place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 脱垂 (tuōchuí) — to move out of place
  • Esperanto: prolapsi — to move out of place
  • Finnish: luiskahtaa esiin — to move out of place
  • Greek: προπίπτω (propípto) — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: előreesik — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: előesik — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: prolabál — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: süllyed — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: megsüllyed — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: csuszamodik — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: ereszkedik — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: megereszkedik — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: alászáll — to move out of place
  • Hungarian: leszáll — to move out of place
  • Icelandic: síga — to move out of place
  • Icelandic: falla fram — to move out of place
  • Japanese: 脱垂 (dassui) — to move out of place
  • Japanese: 子宮脱 (shikyūdatsu) — to move out of place
  • Spanish: prolapsar — to move out of place
  • Swedish: falla fram — to move out of place