position

(po-zish'un) [L. posit us, placed.] i. Attitude, posture; see Poeentan, Edebohls, ElliotFowler, P^an, Rose, Simon, Sims, Trendelenburg, Walcher. 2. The place occupied 3. Specific, ally, in obstetrics, the relation of the presenting part of the fetus to the maternal structures; see cuts under presentation, anatom'ical p., the erect position of the body with the arms at the side and supinated, the palms of the hands looking forward; the terms posterior, anterior, lateral, medial, etc., are applied to the parts as they stand related to each other and to the axis of the body when recum'bent p., a position a umed for rectal or vaginal examination, or during parturition, the patient lying on the back with hips and knees flexed and thighs abducted, doisosa'cral p., lithotomy p. English p., a position of the parturient woman, lying on the left side with right hip and knee flexed, first p., left occipitoanterior position, L.O.A. see cut under presentation, fourth p., left occipitoposterior position, L.O.P. see cut under presentation, genucu'bital knee-; elbow p. genupec'toral p., knee-chest p. knee chest p., genu pectoral p., a prone posture resting on the loiees and upper part of the chest, a umed for gynecological or rectal examination, knee elbow p., genu cubital p., a prone position resting on the knees and elbows, a umed for rectal or vaginal examination or operation see cut imder Bozeman. lat'eral recum'bent; English