Trendelenburg position
noun
Tren·de·len·burg position
ˈtren-dᵊl-ən-ˌbərg-
: a position of the body for medical examination or operation in which the patient is placed head down on a table inclined at about 45 degrees from the floor with the knees uppermost and the legs hanging over the end of the table
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