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Epley manoeuvre

noun

C2CEFR level
97/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A sequence of positional head movements used to reposition otoconia and treat posterior-canal BPPV.

A single Epley manoeuvre resolved her positional vertigo without the need for medication.

Similar: canalith repositioning procedure

Topic: ENT in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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