What does the medical term rotation mean?

Answer 1

1.the process of turning around an axis.

2. in obstetrics, the turning of the fetal head (or presenting part) for proper orientation to the pelvic axis. It should occur naturally, but if it does not it must be accomplished manually or instrumentally by the obstetrician or manually by the nurse-midwife.

3. a clinical assignment for students in a specific clinical area.

4. in dentistry, the turning of a malturned tooth into its proper position.

pelvic rotation movement of the pelvis around an imaginary axis.

site rotation the selection of sequential injection locations for a patient receiving multiple injections. A chart is frequently utilized to guide the nurse in rotating sites so that the same location is not used repeatedly, which would lead to tissue damage and irregular absorption of drugs.

optical rotation the quality of certain optically active substances whereby the plane of polarized light is changed, so that it is rotated in an arc the length of which is characteristic of the substance.

van Ness rotation fusion of the knee joint and rotation of the ankle to function as the knee; done to correct a congenitally missing femur.