| BSCC | British Society for Clinical Cytology |
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| CBE | clinical breast examination |
| CBS | cervicobrachial syndrome; chronic brain syndrome; clinical behavioral science; conjugated bile salts... |
| CCC | care-cure coordination; cathodal closure contraction; chronic calculous cholecystitis; chronic catar... |
| CCLI | composite clinical and laboratory index |
| McBurney's sign | <clinical sign> Tenderness at site two-thirds of the distance between the umbilicus and the anterior-superior iliac spine; seen in appendicitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Glasgow's sign | <clinical sign> A systolic murmur heard over the brachial artery in aneurysm of the aorta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vipond's sign | <clinical sign> A generalised adenopathy occurring during the period of incubation of various of the exanthemas of childhood, affording an early diagnostic sign in a case of known exposure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pastia's sign | <clinical sign> The presence of pink or red transverse lines at the bend of the elbow in the preeruptive stage of scarlatina; they persist through the eruptive stage and remain as pigmented lines after desquamation. Synonym: Thomson's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Remak's sign | <clinical sign> Dissociation of the sensations of touch and of pain in tabes dorsalis and polyneuritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gloved-finger sign | In chest radiology, the appearance of mucoid impaction of branching bronchi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Payr's sign | <clinical sign> Pain on pressure over the sole of the foot; a sign of thrombophlebitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Graefe's sign | <clinical sign> In Grave's disease, lag of the upper eyelid as it follows the rotation of the eyeball downward. Synonym: von Graefe's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| v sign of naclerio | <radiology> V-shaped collection of air, in mediastinum and along diaphragm, indicates pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax, seen in Boerhaave syndrome (12 Dec 1998) |
| Goggia's sign | <clinical sign> The fibrillation of the biceps muscle, when pinched and tapped, is confined to a limited area in cases of debilitating disease, whereas in health it is general. (05 Mar 2000) |
| melting sign | <radiology> Regression of consolidation from periphery to centre, seen in pulmonary infarction, appears within days to weeks (12 Dec 1998) |
| Goldstein's toe sign | <clinical sign> Increased space between the great toe and its neighbor, seen in mongolism and occasionally in cretinism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Goldthwait's sign | <clinical sign> In sprain of sacroiliac ligaments, flexion of hip with extended knee elicits pain in sacroiliac region; not now considered specific. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chaddock sign | <clinical sign> When the external malleolar skin area is irritated, extension of the great toe occurs in cases of organic disease of the corticospinal reflex paths. Synonym: Chaddock reflex, external malleolar sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chadwick's sign | <clinical sign> A bluish discoloration of the cervix and vagina, a sign of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |