- Dix-Hallpike maneuver (test)
- Dix-Hall·pike maneuver (test) (diksґ hawlґpīk) [Margaret R. Dix, British otologist, 20th century; Charles Skinner Hallpike, British otologist, 1900–1979] see under maneuver.
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Dix-Hallpike maneuver (test)
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