Obs. [ad. L. collāpsiōn-em, sb. of action f. collābi.] The action of collapsing (lit. or fig.); a collapsed condition.
1613–8. Daniel, Coll. Hist. Eng. (1621), 3. A generall collapsion into those softnings of vices.
1664. Power, Exp. Philos., II. 112. After the removal of your finger, and collapsion of the Mercury.
1766. Parsons, in Phil. Trans., LVI. 195. By the collapsion of the lungs.
1823. J. Badcock, Dom. Amusem., 77. At each filling of the bladder, it should be wetted and brought into entire collapsion.
