A condition where the vagina sags or prolapses downward due to weakened supporting tissues, usually from childbirth or aging.
From Greek 'kolpos' (vagina) + 'ptosis' (falling/drooping). The suffix '-ptosis' appears in multiple medical terms describing tissue sagging (like ptosis of the eyelid).
Ptosis appears in medicine whenever gravity wins—drooping eyelids, sagging organs, falling tissues. It's a poetic Greek word for an unglamorous reality that affects many people post-childbirth.
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