| CPE | cardiac pulmonary edema; chronic pulmonary emphysema; clinical progress exercise; compensation, pens... |
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| CPT | carnitine palmityl transferase; carotid pulse tracing; chest physiotherapy; child protection team; c... |
| CPX | cleft palate, X-linked; clinical practice examination; complete physical examination |
| DPA | D-penicillamine; Department of Public Assistance; diphenylalanine; dipicolinic acid; dipropylacetic ... |
| DPhysMed | Diploma in Physical Medicine |
| Masini's sign | <clinical sign> A marked degree of dorsal extension of the fingers on the metacarpals and of the toes on the metatarsals, noted in children with mental instability. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Carvallo's sign | <clinical sign> An increase in the intensity of the pansystolic murmur of tricuspid regurgitation during or at the end of inspiration distinguishes tricuspid from mitral involvement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Castellani-Low sign | <clinical sign> A fine tremor of the tongue observed in sleeping sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vierra's sign | <clinical sign> Yellowing and canalization of the nail in fogo selvagem. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |