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petrification (iou) and postural position (medicine)


petrification (iou)



petrification noun. Now rare. E17.
[French petrification or medieval Latin petrificatio(n-), from petrificat- pa. ppl stem of petrificare: see PETRIFY, -FICATION.]
a. = PETRIFACTION 1a. E17.
b. fig. = PETRIFACTION 1b. L17.
= PETRIFACTION 2. L17.

postural position (medicine)


postural position -->
physiologic rest position


The usual position of the mandible when the patient is resting comfortably in the upright position and the condyles are in a neutral unstrained position in the glenoid fossae.

See: rest relation.

Synonym: postural position, postural resting position, rest position.