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Sellick manoeuvre

Sellick manoeuvre noun: a technique used to reduce the risk of regurgitation by applying pressure to the cricoid cartilage at the neck, thus occluding the esophagus which passes directly behind it.

Noun

Sellick manoeuvre (plural Sellick manoeuvres)

  1. A technique used to reduce the risk of regurgitation by applying pressure to the cricoid cartilage at the neck, thus occluding the esophagus which passes directly behind it.

Forms of Sellick manoeuvre

pluralSellick manoeuvres

Origin of Sellick manoeuvre

Described by British anesthesiologist Brian Arthur Sellick (1918–1996).

Questions about Sellick manoeuvre

What does Sellick manoeuvre mean?
Sellick manoeuvre means a technique used to reduce the risk of regurgitation by applying pressure to the cricoid cartilage at the neck, thus occluding the esophagus which passes directly behind it.
What part of speech is Sellick manoeuvre?
Sellick manoeuvre is a noun.
What is the plural of Sellick manoeuvre?
The plural of Sellick manoeuvre is Sellick manoeuvres.

Words near Sellick manoeuvre in the dictionary

  1. Selley
  2. Selleys
  3. Sellgren
  4. Sellgrens
  5. Sellick
  6. Sellick manoeuvre
  7. Sellick manoeuvres
  8. Sellicks
  9. selliera
  10. sellieras
  11. sellies

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