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TRENDELENBURG POSITION

\tɹˈɛndɪlənbˌɜːɡ pəzˈɪʃən], \tɹˈɛndɪlənbˌɜːɡ pəzˈɪʃən], \t_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_l_ə_n_b_ˌɜː_ɡ p_ə_z_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of TRENDELENBURG POSITION

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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Posture while lying with the head lower than the rest of the body. Extended time in this position is associated with temporary physiologic disturbances.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

patient on back, on a plane inclined 45, legs and feet hanging down over end of table

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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