dorsal recumbent

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• dorsal recumbent position — the patient lies on the back with lower limbs flexed and rotated outward; used in vaginal examination, application of obstetrical forceps, and other procedures …   Medical dictionary

• position — 1. An attitude, posture, or place occupied. 2. Posture or attitude assumed by a patient for comfort and to facilitate the performance of diagnostic, surgical, or therapeutic procedures. 3. In obstetrics, the relation of an arbitrarily chosen …   Medical dictionary

• phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… …   Medical dictionary

• decubitus — 1. The position of the patient in bed; e.g., dorsal d., lateral d.. See d. film. 2. Sometimes used in referring to a d. ulcer. [L. decumbo, to lie down] Andral d. position assumed by the patient who lies on the sound side in cases of beginning… …   Medical dictionary

• flat — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Pullman, Pullman car, abeyant, absolute, absolutely, absonant, accented, accidental, accommodation, accordant, accumbent, achromatic, achromic, act drop, admitting no exception, alabaster, alike, alkali flat, all… …   Moby Thesaurus

• low — Synonyms and related words: Doric, Hydromatic, a la sourdine, abject, abominable, accented, against, ailing, air mass, alveolar, anticyclone, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, arrant, articulated, asking price, assimilated, atrocious,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pitched — Synonyms and related words: accented, alveolar, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, arranged, articulated, aslant, aslope, assimilated, atilt, back, barytone, bevel, beveled, bias, biased, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, canting, careening, central …   Moby Thesaurus