sign

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sign Babinski reflex Brudzinski sign Chvostek's sign Homans' sign Kernig sign physical sign placental sign Queckenstedt test Romberg's sign sign language Tinel's sign von Graefe's sign

Main Entry: sign
Pronunciation: sn
Function: noun
1 : one of a set of gestures used to represent language
2 : an objective evidence of disease especially as observed and interpreted by the physician rather than by the patient or lay observer <narrow retinal vessels are a sign of arteriosclerosis> -- see BRUDZINSKI SIGN, CHVOSTEK'S SIGN, HOMANS' SIGN, KERNIG SIGN, PHYSICAL SIGN, PLACENTAL SIGN, ROMBERG'S SIGN, TINEL'S SIGN, VITAL SIGNS, VON GRAEFE'S SIGN; compare SYMPTOM