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  • noun Plural form of prolapse.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prolapse.

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Examples

  • Well, cons, if he's an anus, I guess you cons are all "prolapses".

    Double Standards and Disingenuosity On Bellowing Townhall Disruptors 2009

  • Don't forget, a baby has only nine minutes of oxygen when the umbilical cord prolapses, so time is of the essence.

    An Anesthesiologist's Take on Health-Care Reform Ronald Dworkin 2009

  • We could have a chance to have a civilized debate if people would quit calling the other side names - dirty, stupid, Nazis, unpatroitic, prolapses, sore losers, bought, gutter dwellers, etc.

    Double Standards and Disingenuosity On Bellowing Townhall Disruptors 2009

  • Vaginal prolapses as big as two feet, encouraged by slippery floors and confinement crates say veterinarians, were ignored -- as were ubiquitous bleeding and infected vulvas.

    Behind HBO's "Death on a Factory Farm" 2009

  • Grandma Passilidis had had all kinds of diseases, feminine things first -- prolapses of the uterus or whatever it is they get -- and then kidney breakdowns and the rest.

    Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969

  • In the Antilles and Guiana hemorrhages are severe, prolapses frequently caused by brutal intervention of the negroes.

    Labor Among Primitive Peoples 1884

  • Would it be reasonable to suppose that you could perform your functions in office with any irritating condition caused by prolapses of diaphragm?

    Philosophy of Osteopathy 1872

  • Footage depicts cows with open sores and prolapses, downers so weak they can move only their eyes and an employee attacking a cow with a wrench.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Footage depicts cows with open sores and prolapses, downers so weak they can move only their eyes and an employee attacking a cow with a wrench.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Footage depicts cows with open sores and prolapses, downers so weak they can move only their eyes and an employee attacking a cow with a wrench.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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