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Rotation

Medical Definition: Motion of a rigid body in which either one point is fixed, or all the points on a straight line are fixed. It is also the motion of a particle about a fixed point. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Guide Notes: /adv eff permitted; rotation of a body part on its axis is TORSION
Also Called: Clinorotation
Previously Indexed: Acceleration (1966-1967),Aerospace Medicine (1966-1967)

Rotation Medical Definitions and Terms

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