† deˈlapsion Obs.
[f. L. type dēlapsiōn-em, n. of action f. dēlābī, dēlaps-: see prec.]
A falling down; in Path. = prolapsus.
| 1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. 954 (R.) That the same rays being carried so great a way, should have their frictions, fluxions, and delapsions. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Delapsion, a slipping, sliding or falling down: In the Art of Physick, a falling or bearing down of the Womb, Fundament, Guts, etc. 1721 in Bailey (cf. prec.). |