procidence

English

Alternative forms

• procidentia

Etymology

Latin procidentia

Noun

procidence (usually uncountable, plural procidences)

1. (medicine) A falling down; a prolapsus.
   • 1685, Samuel Collins, A Systeme of Anatomy […] :

     Ægineta hath made four kinds of Procidence belonging to the Uvea

Related terms

• procident
• prociduous

French

Noun

procidence f (plural procidences)

1. procidence

References

• “procidence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.