Etymology

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Today it means: To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position. Full definition →

Latin prolapsus
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromprolapsus
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromprolapsus
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Learned borrowing from Latin prolapsus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.