Under normal conditions in women, the bladder is held in place by a hammock of supportive pelvic floor muscles and tissue. When these tissues are stretched and/or become weak, the bladder can drop and bulge through this layer and into the vagina. This results in bladder prolapse, also called cystocele. In severe cases, the prolapsed bladder can appear at the opening of the vagina.
famine noun [C/U]. âº an âextreme âlack of âfood in a âregion, causing âsuffering and âdeath: [U] Widespread famine was âreported in the âregion. (Definition of famine from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
Causes of famine. Famine can be caused by many different reasons, some, like floods, droughts, and earthquakes are natural, and others, like lack of food and shortage in food distribution to specific parts of a region, humans are responsible for.