|
commemorative
sign: |
any
sign of a previous disease. |
|
antecedent
sign: |
any
precursory indication of a malady. |
|
cogwheel
phenomenon: |
jerky
motions produced on testing a muscle's strength; the jerks are neither
rhythmic nor equal and represent malingering or protection from pain;
cogwheel s. |
|
somatic
sign: |
any
sign presented by trunk or limbs rather than sensory apparatus. |
|
Dupuytren
sign: |
for
determining sarcomatous bone; a crackling sensation on compression of that
area is noted. |
|
Gower
sign: |
for
progressive muscular dystrophy and tabes dorsalis; abrupt intermittent
oscillation of iris under light is the indication of ongoing process. |
|
Hueter
sign: |
for
indication of fracture; absence of the transmission of osseous vibration
in fractures as heard by a stethoscope, where the fibrous material is
interposed between the fragments. |
|
Langer
line: |
the
normal tension lines of skin commonly used to define direction of scar, as
to how the scar runs with or across those lines. |
|
objective
sign: |
one
that can be seen, heard, measured, or felt by the diagnostician to confirm
or deny an ongoing symptom; physical s. |
|
quadriceps
test: |
for
hyperthyroidism or debilitating condition; while standing, the patient is
asked to hold leg up and straight out; a disease is present if patient
cannot maintain this position for 1 minute. |
|
Raynaud
phenomenon: |
pallor
or blueness of fingers, toes, or nose brought about by exposure to cold
and less commonly by other stresses. |
|
cafe-an-lait
spots: |
for
neurofibromatosis; hyperpigmented areas of skin indicate this ongoing
problem; von Recklinghausen disease. |
