version

(vur's iiun) A displacement of the uterus, consisting in a tilting of the entire organ without bending upon Itself; the varieties of displacement are termed anteversion, forward, retroversion Backward, and lateroversion, to one or the other sidfe. 2. Change of position of the fetus in the womb, occurring spontaneously or effected by the manipulations of the accoucheur, biman'ual or bipo'lar v. is performed by means of the two hands acting upon both extremities of the fetus; it may be external or combined. cephal'ic v. is that in which the fetus is turned so that the head presents, combined v., bipolar v. by means of one hand in the vagina, the other on the abdominal wall, exter'nal v., performed entirely by external manipulation, inter'nal v., performed by means of one hand within the vagina, pel'vic v., v. by means of which a cro presentation is converted into a pelvic one. podal'ic v., seizure of the foot of the fetus and turning so that this part presents, pos'tural v., non-manual v. obtained by placing the mother in a certain position, sponta'neo us v., tumifig of the fetus effected by the contraction of the uterine muscle.