| FLP | left frontoposterior [position of the fetus] [Lat. fronto-laeva posterior]; functional limitations p... |
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| LADP | left acromio-dorso-posterior [position]; left anterior descending arterial pressure |
| LAPW | left atrial posterior wall |
| LP | labile peptide; labile protein; laboratory procedure; lactic peroxidase; lamina propria; laryngophar... |
| LPFB | left posterior fascicular block |
| Claybrook's sign | <clinical sign> In rupture of abdominal viscus, transmission of breath and heart sounds through the abdominal wall. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Cleemann's sign | <clinical sign> In fracture of the femur with overriding of the fragments, wrinkling of the skin occurs directly above the patella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clenched fist sign | <clinical sign> In angina pectoris, pressing of the clenched fist against the chest to indicate the constricting, pressing quality of the pain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mirchamp's sign | <clinical sign> A premonitory symptom of mumps; if a strongly flavored substance is placed on the tongue a painful reflex secretion of saliva occurs in the gland that is the seat of the incipient affection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physical sign | <clinical sign> A sign that is observed or elicited by auscultation, percussion, or palpation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mobius' sign | <clinical sign> Impairment of ocular convergence in Graves' disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Codman's sign | <clinical sign> In the absence of rotator cuff function, hunching of the shoulder occurs when the deltoid muscle contracts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Piltz sign | A constriction of both pupils when an effort is made to close eyelids forcibly held apart. A variant of the pupil response to near vision. Synonym: Galassi's pupillary phenomenon, Gifford's reflex, lid-closure reaction, orbicularis phenomenon, orbicularis pupillary reflex, Piltz sign, Westphal's pupillary reflex, Westphal-Piltz phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pins' sign | <clinical sign> In large pericardial effusions, an area of dullness with bronchial breathing and bronchophony below the angle of the left scapula. Synonym: Pins' sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Collier's sign | <clinical sign> Unilateral or bilateral lid retraction due to midbrain lesion; occurring at any age. See: setting sun sign, Epstein's sign. Synonym: Collier's tucked lid sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Collier's tucked lid sign | <clinical sign> Unilateral or bilateral lid retraction due to midbrain lesion; occurring at any age. See: setting sun sign, Epstein's sign. Synonym: Collier's tucked lid sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weber's sign | <syndrome> Midbrain tegmentum lesion characterised by ipsilateral oculomotor nerve paresis and contralateral paralysis of the extremities, face, and tongue. Synonym: Weber's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colon cutoff sign | Radiographic sign of (usually) inflammatory disease preventing distention of the distal transverse colon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weiss' sign | <clinical sign> In tetany, tapping the muscles of the face causes them to go into spasm. Chvostek's sign is positive in cases of severe hypocalcaemia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Pitres' sign | <clinical sign> Diminished sensation in the testes and scrotum in tabes dorsalis. Synonym: haphalgesia. (05 Mar 2000) |