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Noun: descensus
  1. The slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus)
    "The patient experienced discomfort due to uterine descensus";
    - prolapse, prolapsus

Derived forms: descensuses

Type of: disability, disablement, handicap [archaic], impairment

Encyclopedia: Descensus