different between evert vs prolapse

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ?vertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ?vertere, present active infinitive of ?vert? (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ?- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vert? (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /i?v?t/, /?-/

Verb

evert (third-person singular simple present everts, present participle everting, simple past and past participle everted)

1. (transitive, often biology, physiology) To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To move (someone or something) out of the way.
3. (transitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To turn upside down; to overturn.
4. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To disrupt; to overthrow.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with avert.

Conjugation

Related terms

• everse
• eversion
• everted (adjective)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• revet, terve

English

Etymology

From Latin prolapsus.

Verb

prolapse (third-person singular simple present prolapses, present participle prolapsing, simple past and past participle prolapsed)

1. (intransitive) To move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position.

Translations

Noun

prolapse (countable and uncountable, plural prolapses)

1. A moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ

Synonyms

• prolapsus

Translations

Anagrams

• propales, sapropel

Latin

Participle

pr?l?pse

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?l?psus