| Braxton Hicks version | An obsolete term for internal version of the foetus, substituting the breech for the head as the leading pole. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| version | 1. A change of form, direction, or the like; transformation; conversion; turning. "The version of air into water." (Bacon) 2. <medicine> A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See Anteversion, and Retroversion. 3. The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language. 4. A translation; that which is rendered from another language; as, the Common, or Authorised, Version of the Scriptures (see under Authorised); the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament. 5. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account; as, he gave another version of the affair. Origin: F, from L. Vertere, versum, to turn, to change, to translate. See Verse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| version, foetal | The manual conversion of or changing of the polarity of the foetus with reference to the mother. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cephalic version | Version in which the foetus is turned so that the head presents; can be external cephalic version or internal cephalic version. See: external cephalic version, internal cephalic version. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pelvic version | Version by means of which a transverse or oblique presentation is converted into a pelvic presentation by manipulating the buttocks of the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| combined version | Bipolar version by means of one hand in the vagina, the other on the abdominal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wright's version | A cephalic version employed in cases of shoulder presentation when the shoulders are pushed upward while the breech is moved toward the centre of the uterus by the other hand; the head is then guided into the pelvis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| podalic version | A manual procedure that results in a podalic extraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postural version | Nonmanual version obtained by changing the position of the mother. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Potter's version | An obsolete term for a version in which both feet are brought down until the buttocks are delivered, the back is then rotated to an anterior position, the arms and shoulders are delivered by twisting and downward movements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spontaneous version | Turning of the foetus effected by the unaided contraction of the uterine muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal cephalic version | Version performed by means of one hand within the vagina. See: cephalic version. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external cephalic version | Version performed entirely by external manipulation. See: cephalic version. (05 Mar 2000) |