(n.) In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the right side clinical entities such as axial torsion, cecal bascule, retrocolic sigmoid, and pericolic bands are discussed and illustrated.
(2) That is to listen to the patient, in other words to start from words of moan to bascule to his request, where all the Subject resides, in conscious and inconscious dimensions.
(3) Cecal bascule is a type of cecal volvulus that causes intestinal obstruction.
(4) Visit the Bascule Bar for bargain cocktails which, thanks to the favourable exchange rate, are only £3 or £4 (you would be paying £25 for cocktails in an equivalent hotel in London).
(5) Adhesions involving the ascending colon may also precipitate acute colonic obstruction due to formation of a cecal bascule.
(6) True volvulus was 6 times more common than bascule, and gangrenous cecum was found in 20 percent of cases.
(7) Caecal bascule refers to the form of volvulus in which the distended caecum is situated within the pelvis.
(8) The caecal bascule type of obstruction is uncommon, and clinical and radiological appearances may be confusing.