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noun
A physical position that a patient is placed raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
To put someone in the Trendelenburg position
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Named after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon developer of the position
