Trendelenburg position

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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. medicineA physical position that a patient is placed in by raising the inferior half by 30 degrees, especially useful for superior trauma or pelvic access.

Origin

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

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Translations

Portuguese posição de Trendelenburg
  • posição de Trendelenburgphysical position that a patient is placed in by raising the inferior half by 30 degrees
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APA

Trendelenburg position. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trendelenburg%20position

MLA

“Trendelenburg position.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trendelenburg%20position. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Trendelenburg position,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trendelenburg%20position.

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