| Pins | Emil, Austrian physician, 1845-1913. See: Pins' sign, Pins' syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Pins' 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) |
| Pins' syndrome | <syndrome> Dullness, diminution of vocal fremitus and of the vesicular murmur, and a slight distant blowing sound, heard in the posteroinferior region of the chest on the left side, in cases of pericardial effusion; there is sometimes also a fine rale in this region, but all the adventitious auscultatory signs disappear when the patient assumes the genupectoral position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dental pins | Small cylindrical pieces of metal used to enhance retention. (12 Dec 1998) |
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