| falling of the womb | Downward movement of the uterus due to laxity and atony of the muscular and fascial structures of the pelvic floor, usually resulting from injuries of childbirth or advanced age; prolapse occurs in three forms, first degree prolapse, the cervix of the prolapsed uterus is well within the vaginal orifice, second degree prolapse, the cervix is at or near the introitus, third degree prolapse (procidentia uteri), the cervix protrudes well beyond the vaginal orifice. Synonym: descensus uteri, falling of the womb. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mouth of the womb | The vaginal opening of the uterus. Synonym: ostium uteri, mouth of the womb, opening of uterus, orificium externum uteri, os uteri externum, ostium uteri externum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| womb | 1. The belly; the abdomen. "And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him." (Wyclif (Luke xv. 16)) "An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me." (Shak) 2. <anatomy> The uterus. See Uterus. 3. The place where anything is generated or produced. "The womb of earth the genial seed receives." (Dryden) 4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. "The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb." (R. Browning) Origin: OE. Wombe, wambe, AS. Wamb, womb; akin to D. Wam belly, OS. & OHG. Wamba, G. Wamme, wampe, Icel. Vomb, Sw. V&mb, Dan. Vom, Goth. Wamba. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| neck of womb | The lower part of the uterus extending from the isthmus of the uterus into the vagina. It is divided into supravaginal and vaginal parts by its passage through the vaginal wall. Synonym: cervix uteri, cervix, neck of uterus, neck of womb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| falling | From Fall, Falling away, Falling off, etc. See To fall away, To fall off, etc, under Fall, Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century. <medicine> Falling sickness See Shooting star. Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an aerolite. Falling tide, the ebb tide. Falling weather, a rainy season. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| falling palate | Relaxation or elongation of the uvula. Synonym: falling palate, staphylodialysis, staphyloptosis, uvulaptosis. Origin: uvulo-+ G. Ptosis, a falling (05 Mar 2000) |
| falling sickness | <disease, neurology> The paroxysmal transient disturbances of brain function that may be manifested as episodic impairment or loss of consciousness, abnormal motor phenomena, psychic or sensory disturbances or perturbation of the autonomic nervous system. Symptoms are due to paroxysmal disturbance of the electrical activity of the brain. On the basis of origin, epilepsy is idiopathic (cryptogenic, essential, genetic) or symptomatic (acquired, organic). On the basis of clinical and electroencephalographic phenomenon, four subdivisions are recognised: 1. Grand mal epilepsy (major epilepsy, haut mal epilepsy) subgroups: generalised, focal (localised), jacksonian (rolandic) 2. Petit mal epilepsy 3. Psychomotor epilepsy (temporal lobe epilepsy, psychic, psychic equivalent or variant) subgroups: psychomotor proper (tonic with adversive or torsion movements or masticatory phenomena), automatic (with amnesia) and sensory (hallucinations or dream states or d‚j. Vu) 4. Autonomic epilepsy (diencephalic), with flushing, pallor, tachycardia, hypertension, perspiration or other visceral symptoms. Synonym: epilepsia. Origin: Gr. Epilepsia = seizure (14 May 1997) |
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