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descensus

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descensus /des·cen·sus/ (de-sen´sus) pl. descen´sus   [L.] downward displacement or prolapse.
de·scen·sus (d-snss)
n.
The process of descending or falling from a higher position.

descensus
[disen′səs]
the process of falling or descending. Also called prolapse.

descensus
pl. descensus [L.] downward displacement or prolapse.

descensus testis
normal migration of the testis from its fetal position in the abdominal cavity to its location within the scrotum.
descensus uteri
prolapse of the uterus.


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In April 1976, LTC approved the LCMS reviewers' request of changing the descensus clause back to "hell.
Included in that is the agreement that the imprisoned spirits in 3:19 are unrelated to the dead in 4:6 but that they are related to the supernatural powers mentioned in 3:22, and that there is no descensus ad inferos implied in 3:19.
 
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