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Descensus

noun
1.
The slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus).  Synonyms: prolapse, prolapsus.



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"Descensus" Quotes from Famous Books



... tower of Pisa. acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd[obs3], rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity|; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe[Fr]; facilis descensus averni[Lat]. V. intersect; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... the Retrogression—for such it may be fairly termed—was swifter than that of the Reformation had been. "Facilis descensus Averni,"—this is the usual course. High mass was restored in Saint Paul's Cathedral, and in very few London churches were Gospel sermons yet preached. With bitter irony, liberty was granted to Bishop Ridley— to hear mass in ...
— Robin Tremain - A Story of the Marian Persecution • Emily Sarah Holt

... immorality, and find myself all the while between the "devil and the deep sea," the "devil" of work, and the "deep sea" of immorality. I suppose that's why I talk so much about being busy, trying to free myself from the charge of immorality. I think it was Virgil who said Facilis descensus Averno, and I suppose Mr. Henderson, in his statement, is trying to save me from the inconveniences of this trip. I suppose I ought to be grateful to him for the hint, but I just can't get any great comfort ...
— Reveries of a Schoolmaster • Francis B. Pearson



Words linked to "Descensus" :   nephroptosia, disability, ureterocele, nephroptosis, metroptosis, enteroptosis, ptosis, handicap, urethrocele, impairment, prolapse, prolapsus, glossoptosis, descensus uteri, disablement



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