Trendelenburg

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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.

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Meanings

nounTrendelenburg (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA physical position that a patient is placed raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.
verbTrendelenburg (third-person singular simple present Trendelenburgs, present participle Trendelenburging, simple past and past participle Trendelenburged)

present singular third person Trendelenburgs · participle present Trendelenburging · participle past Trendelenburged · past Trendelenburged

  1. To put someone in the Trendelenburg position

Origin

Named after Friedrich Trendelenburg, the German surgeon developer of the position

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APA

Trendelenburg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trendelenburg

MLA

“Trendelenburg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trendelenburg. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Trendelenburg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trendelenburg.

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