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Trendelenburg

Trendelenburg noun: a physical position that a patient is placed raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.

Noun

Trendelenburg (uncountable)

  1. A physical position that a patient is placed raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.

Verb

Trendelenburg (third-person singular simple present Trendelenburgs, present participle Trendelenburging, simple past and past participle Trendelenburged)

  1. To put someone in the Trendelenburg position

Forms of Trendelenburg

third-person singular presentTrendelenburgs
present participleTrendelenburging
past participleTrendelenburged
pastTrendelenburged

Origin of Trendelenburg

Named after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon developer of the position

Phrases with Trendelenburg

Questions about Trendelenburg

What does Trendelenburg mean?
Trendelenburg means a physical position that a patient is placed raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.
What part of speech is Trendelenburg?
Trendelenburg can be a noun or a verb.

Words near Trendelenburg in the dictionary

  1. trend-setter
  2. Trendall
  3. trendbait
  4. trendbusting
  5. trended
  6. Trendelenburg
  7. Trendelenburg position
  8. trender
  9. trenders
  10. trendier
  11. trendies

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