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trendelenburg position

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
tren-de-len-burg -po-si-tion
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

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

Questions

What does trendelenburg position mean?
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.
Where does trendelenburg position come from?
From Trendelenburg + position, after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon who developed the position.

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