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NUTATION OF THE SACRUM

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Definitions of NUTATION OF THE SACRUM

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A partial rotation of the sacrum on its transverse axis, whereby either its upper or its lower extremity recedes from the anterior wall of the pelvis, so as to give greater space for the passage of the fetus. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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