| obturator sign |
1. hypogastric or adductor pain elicited by passive internal rotation of the flexed thigh, due to contact between an inflammatory process and the internal obturator muscle; a sign of appendicitis. 2. Hefke-Turner s.
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| obturator sign |
Pain on inward rotation of the hip, a maneuver that stretches the obturator internus muscle. This test result may be positive in acute appendicitis.
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