manipulation
(mă-nip″yŭ-lā′shŏn)
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1. A conscious or unconscious process by which one person attempts to influence another in order to obtain his or her own needs or desires.
2. A joint mobilization technique, sometimes involving a rapid thrust or the stretching of a joint, with or without anesthesia.
SEE: joint manipulation
3. A method of realigning a fractured long bone with manual pressure, traction, or angulation.
4. The skillful and precise use of the fingers and hands.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Manipulation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767197/all/manipulation.
Manipulation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767197/all/manipulation. Accessed November 9, 2024.
Manipulation. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767197/all/manipulation
Manipulation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767197/all/manipulation.
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