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Trendelenburg position

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

Noun

Trendelenburg position

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

Origin of Trendelenburg position

From Trendelenburg + position, after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon who developed the position.

Questions about Trendelenburg position

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

Words near Trendelenburg position in the dictionary

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

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