| Osler's sign |
small, painful, erythematous swellings (Osler's nodes) in the skin of the hands and feet, pathognomonic of subacute bacterial endocarditis.
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| Osler's nodes |
Small, tender cutaneous nodes, usually present in the fingers and toes, that may be seen in subacute bacterial endocarditis. The nodes are due to infected emboli from the heart.
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| Osler's d. |
1. polycythemia vera. 2. hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
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| Osler's disease, maneuver, nodes, etc. |
see hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, under telangiectasia; see polycythemia vera; and see under maneuver, node, sign, and triad.
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| Osler's m. |
a technique for identifying pseudohypertension: the sphygmomanometer cuff is inflated above systolic blood pressure; if the pulseless radial or brachial artery remains palpable, pseudohypertension may be present.
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