Letter V

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<B>1.</B> In obstetrics, the process of turning the fetus.

A cephalic version brings the fetal head into the birth canal.

<B>2.</B> In gynecology, the tilting of the uterus.

Uterine retroversion indicates the uterus is tilted backwards.

<B>3.</B> In ophthalmology, the conjugate rotation (turning) of both eyes in the same direction.</P>The special uses of the term 'version' in medicine hew closely to its origin from the Latin verb vertere, to turn.

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