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abdominal-thrust maneuvers

abdominal-thrust maneuvers is the plural of abdominal-thrust maneuver.

Meaning of abdominal-thrust maneuver

Noun

abdominal-thrust maneuver (plural abdominal-thrust maneuvers)

  1. A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient's diaphragm is pressured by the performer's thumb knuckle to expel air and thereby dislodging the obstruction in the windpipe.

Questions about abdominal-thrust maneuvers

What is abdominal-thrust maneuvers the plural of?
Abdominal-thrust maneuvers is the plural of abdominal-thrust maneuver.

Words near abdominal-thrust maneuvers in the dictionary

  1. abdominal vacuum
  2. abdominal vacuums
  3. abdominal wall
  4. abdominal walls
  5. abdominal-thrust maneuver
  6. abdominal-thrust maneuvers
  7. abdominalgia
  8. abdominalia
  9. abdominalian
  10. abdominally
  11. abdominals

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