| Ewart's procedure | Elevation of the larynx between the thumb and forefinger to elicit tracheal tugging. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Ewart's sign | <clinical sign> In large pericardial effusions, an area of dullness with bronchial breathing and bronchophony below the angle of the left scapula. Synonym: Pins' sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ewart, William | <person> English physician, 1848-1929. See: Ewart's procedure, Ewart's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ewe | <zoology> The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals. Origin: AS. Eowu; akin to D. Ooi, OHG. Awi, ouwi, Icel. Aer, Goth. Aweoi a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. Avis a sheep, L. Ovis, Gr, Skr. Avi. 231. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ewing sarcoma | <radiology> Small, round-cell sarcoma of mesenchyme of medullary bone, age 5 - 14 yrs, most lethal of all primary bone tumours, any bone, less than 20 years of age: long bones, greater than 20 years of age: flat bones (where there's still red marrow), purely lytic (62%), purely sclerotic (15%), periosteal reaction (onion-skin or perpendicular), similar lesion at different age, less than 5 years of age -- neuroblastoma, greater than 30 years of age -- metastasis, reticulum cell sarcoma (12 Dec 1998) |
| Ewing's sarcoma | <oncology, tumour> A malignant primary bone tumour that arises most commonly in the first three decades of life. It is highly malignant (prone to spread) and often requires treatment with some combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Ewing's sign | <clinical sign> Dullness on percussion to the inner side of the angle of the left scapula, denoting an accumulation of fluid in the pericardium behind the heart, tenderness at the upper inner angle of the orbit at the point of attachment of the pulley of the superior oblique muscle, denoting closure of the outlet of the frontal sinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ewing's tumour | A malignant primary bone tumour that arises most commonly in the first three decades of life. It is highly malignant (prone to spread) and often requires treatment with some combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Ewing, James | <person> U.S. Pathologist, 1866-1943. See: Ewing's sarcoma, Ewing's tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ewing, James H | <person> Pathologist, 1798-1827. See: Ewing's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ewingella | Newly named genus of Enterobacteriaceae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ewt | <zoology> The newt. See: Newt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |