| OG | obstetrics and gynecology; occlusogingival; oligodendrocyte; optic ganglion; orange green; orogastri... |
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| ON | occipitonuchal; office nurse; onlay; optic nerve; orthopedic nurse; osteonecrosis; osteonectin; over... |
| ONG | optic nerve glioma |
| OOA | outer optic anlage |
| OR | a logical binary relation that is true if any argument is true, and false otherwise; [o]estrogen rec... |
| Barre's sign | <clinical sign> if the hemiplegic is placed in the prone position with the limbs flexed at the knees, he is unable to maintain the flexed position on the side of the lesion but extends the leg. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bassler's sign | <clinical sign> In chronic appendicitis, pinching the appendix between the thumb and the iliacus muscle causes sharp pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bastedo's sign | <clinical sign> An obsolete sign: in chronic appendicitis, pain and tenderness in the right iliac fossa on inflation of the colon with air. (05 Mar 2000) |
| battle's sign | <clinical sign> Postauricular (behind the ear) ecchymosis in cases of fracture of the base of the skull (basal skull fracture). (27 Sep 1997) |
| beak sign | <clinical sign> Appearance of the distal oesophagus, on a contrast oesophagram, in achalasia; also used to describe the proximal pyloric canal on upper GI series in congenital pyloric stenosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bechterew's sign | <clinical sign> Paralysis of automatic facial movements, the power of voluntary movement being retained. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beevor's sign | <clinical sign> With paralysis of the lower portions of the recti abdominis muscles the umbilicus moves upward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bezold's sign | Inflammatory oedema at the tip of the mastoid process in mastoiditis. Synonym: Bezold's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biederman's sign | <clinical sign> A dusky redness of the lower portion of the anterior pillars of the fauces in certain cases of syphilis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bielschowsky's sign | <clinical sign> In paralysis of a superior oblique muscle, tilting the head to the side of the involved eye causes that eye to rotate upward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biermer's sign | <clinical sign> Complete bilateral paralysis of the adductor muscles of the larynx with severe inspiratory dyspnea. Synonym: Biermer's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biernacki's sign | <clinical sign> Analgesia to percussion of the ulnar nerve in tabes dorsalis and dementia paralytica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biot's breathing sign | <clinical sign> Irregular periods of apnea alternating with four or five deep breaths; seen with increased intracranial pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Biot's sign | <clinical sign> Abnormal breathing pattern characterised by periods of apnea and periods in which several breaths of similar volume are taken; seen with increased intracranial pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bird's sign | <clinical sign> The presence of a zone of dullness on percussion with absence of respiratory sign's in hydatid cyst of the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |