DESCENSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does descensus mean? 

• DESCENSUS (noun)
  The noun DESCENSUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DESCENSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESCENSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

descensus; prolapse; prolapsus

Hypernyms ("descensus" is a kind of...):

disability; disablement; handicap; impairment (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descensus"):

enteroptosis (an abnormally downward position of the intestines in the abdominal cavity)

glossoptosis (abnormal downward or back placement of the tongue)

descensus uteri; metroptosis (prolapse of the uterus)

nephroptosia; nephroptosis (prolapse of the kidney)

ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness)

ureterocele (prolapse of the end of the ureter into the bladder; may obstruct urine flow)

urethrocele (prolapse of the urethra into the vagina)