| MAV | mechanical auditory ventricle; minimal alveolar ventilation; minimum apparent viscosity; movement ar... |
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| NSAE | nonsupported arm exercise |
| pter | end of short arm of chromosome |
| q | each, every [Lat. quaque]; electric charge; long arm of chromosome; quart; quintal |
| qter | end of long arm of chromosome |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
| Goodell's sign | <clinical sign> Softening of the cervix and vagina as being usually indicative of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chalice sign | <radiology> Dilatation of ureter distal to neoplasm, not seen with calculi or thrombi Synonym: Bergman sign (12 Dec 1998) |
| Perez' sign | <clinical sign> Rales audible over the upper part of the chest when the arms are alternately raised and lowered; common in cases of fibrous mediastinitis and also of aneurysm of the aortic arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chandelier sign | <clinical sign> Colloquial term referring to severe pain elicited during pelvic examination of patients with pelvic inflammatory disease in which the patient responds by reaching upwards towards the ceiling for relief. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gordon's sign | A sign of organic hemiplegia; with the patient's elbow resting on a table, the patient's wrist is grasped by the examiner's hand, the thumb of which is used to exert pressure on the radial side of the patient's pisiform bone; if the hemiplegia is organic, some or all of the patient's fingers become extended and spread out in a fanlike form. Synonym: Gordon's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reversed-three sign | On an oesophagram of a patient with coarctation of the aorta, the shape of the contrast-filled oesophagus caused by the aortic arch (upper convexity) and post-stenotic dilatation (lower convexity); the cusp of the backwards 3 is at the level of the coarctation itself. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gorlin's sign | <clinical sign> Unusual ease in touching the tip of the nose with the tongue; seen in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gottron's sign | <clinical sign> Gottron's patches are scaly, patchy redness over the knuckles and is seen in patients with dermatomyositis, an inflammatory muscle disorder. (see polymyositis). (20 Sep 2002) |
| Revilliod's sign | In hemiplegia, inability to voluntarily close the eye on the paralysed side except in conjunction with closure of the other eye. Synonym: Revilliod's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |