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prolapse

[proh-laps, proh-laps, proh-laps] / proʊˈlæps, ˈproʊ læps, proʊˈlæps /




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When these muscles become overly tight or loose, patients can experience issues like pelvic pain, pelvic organ prolapse, sexual dysfunction, and incontinence—which all have serious implications if left untreated.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2025

Shakira Hassan, a specialist women's health physiotherapist, treats a wide range of conditions including pelvic pain, bladder, bowel and prolapse issues, where pelvic organs have lowered out of place.

From BBC May 11, 2025

Wendy Gibbs, 80, had been due to be operated on by Marc Lamah to repair a pelvic prolapse at a private hospital in Brighton, run by Nuffield Health.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2025

The chances are slim to non-existent, according to pelvic floor and prolapse specialists I spoke to for this story.

From Salon Oct. 25, 2024

Piles, fissure, itching pockets, tabs, prolapse, abscesses, fistulæ, etc., are only the outcome and symptoms of a chronic disease which has incubated for fifteen, twenty or more years.

From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)

Dr Dixon built up an international reputation as the go-to expert for patients with prolapsed bowels.

From BBC May 12, 2025

The doctors’ verdict: Devi had suffered a prolapsed uterus and would need a hysterectomy.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

A Czech native who came to Britain 10 years ago, she left her job cleaning offices in mid-2021 because of pain from a prolapsed pelvic organ.

From New York Times Jan. 9, 2023

The Doctors An update on a woman who underwent surgery for a prolapsed uterus; nutrition trends; bad grammar.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2018

There are cases in which, through the ignorance of the midwife or the physician, prolapsed pelvic organs are mistaken for afterbirth and extracted.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

At nearly 18 weeks, Zurawski was diagnosed with an incompetent cervix, a condition that causes premature dilation and prolapsing membranes.

From Slate Mar. 7, 2023

Their eyes widen and fall at the same time as if their social skills are prolapsing, and their voice falters as they are the most honest they’ve been all year.

From The Guardian Dec. 18, 2016

The building next to us seems to be demolishing itself: huge ventilation panels, satellite dishes and other nondescript chunks of edifice-guttery keep prolapsing and crashing down onto its lower roof.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2015




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