| spinal sign | <clinical sign> In pleurisy, the spinal muscles are in a state of tonic contraction on the affected side. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spine sign | <clinical sign> Resistance to flexion of the spine in cases of meningitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| S sign of Golden | In pulmonary radiology, the combination of an atelectatic lobe and a central obstructing mass produces a concavity and a convexity, like the letter "S." (05 Mar 2000) |
| neck sign | <clinical sign> A physical examination finding that can indicate inflammation of the meninges (meningitis), performed in two forms: passive flexion of one leg results in a similar movement on the opposite side or if the neck is passively flexed, flexion occurs in the legs. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Steinberg thumb sign | <clinical sign> In Marfan's syndrome, when the thumb is held across the palm of the same hand, it projects well beyond the ulnar surface of the hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stellwag's sign | <clinical sign> Infrequent and incomplete blinking in Graves' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sternberg's sign | <clinical sign> Unilateral tenderness or discomfort on palpation of the shoulder girdle muscles in a patient with pleurisy on that side. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Neri's sign | <clinical sign> In hemiplegia, the knee bends spontaneously when the leg is passively extended. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stewart-Holmes sign | <clinical sign> In cerebellar disease, the inability to check a movement when passive resistance is suddenly released. Synonym: rebound phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stierlin sign | <radiology> Terminal ileum empties directly into stenotic ascending colon with non-opacification of the fibrotic and contracted caecum, associated with tuberculous involvement of the ileocaecum (12 Dec 1998) |
| Stierlin's sign | <clinical sign> Repeated emptying of the caecum, seen radiographically, with barium remaining in the terminal part of the ileum and in the transverse colon; due to irritation of the caecum, sometimes caused by tuberculous cecitis (typhilitis). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Straus' sign | <clinical sign> In facial paralysis, if an injection of pilocarpine is followed by sweating on the affected side later than on the other, the lesion is peripheral. (05 Mar 2000) |
| string sign | In paediatric gastrointestinal radiology, the narrowed pyloric canal seen with congenital pyloric stenosis; also used to describe a narrowed segment in regional ileitis on small bowel series. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Nikolsky's sign | <clinical sign> A peculiar vulnerability of the skin in pemphigus vulgaris; the apparently normal epidermis may be separated at the basal layer and rubbed off when pressed with a sliding motion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subjective sign | A sign that is perceived only by the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |