FALLING

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 38

n. Fa4l'i2n2 Lat., lapsus. Fr., chute. Ger., F. See PROLAPSE. F. of the belly. A popular term for the partial subsidence of the enlargement of the abdomen that takes place as a premonitory symptom of labor. F. of the body, F. of the bowel. See PROLAPSUS recti. FALLOPIAN, FALLOPPIAN, adj's. Fasl-o'pi2-a2n. Described by Gabriello Falloppio. [s. 800]