Sims position

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A medical position in which the patient lies on the left side with the right hip and knees bent and the left hip and lower extremity straight, often used for rectal and vaginal examinations.
    — The conventional positions now generally in use in obstetrics are the modified lithotomy position, with the patient on her back, and to a lesser extent the Sims position, wherein the patient reclines on her side, the upper knee being drawn up on the abdomen.

词形变化

Sims positions plural Sims' position alternative

词源

Named after American physician J. Marion Sims (1813–1883).
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