单词 | physical sign |
释义 | > as lemmasphysical sign physical sign n. an indication of disease that can detected during examination of a patient by visual inspection, palpation, auscultation, percussion, etc. (cf. sign n. 9c). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > symptom > [noun] > sign sign?a1425 physical sign1715 stigma1859 1715 tr. J. Groeneveld Grounds of Physick iv. i. 183 (heading) Of Physical Signs [L. De Signo Medico] in general, and some of their Kinds. 1828 C. J. B. Williams (title) A rational exposition of the physical signs of the diseases of the lungs and pleura; illustrating their pathology, and facilitating their diagnosis. 1842 W. A. Guy Hooper's Physician's Vade Mecum (new ed.) i. iii. 16 The term physical sign is in common use among medical men: it means a sign which is an object of sense. Thus heat, redness, and swelling are physical signs of inflammation, pectoriloquy of phthisis, coagulable urine of disease of the kidney. 1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 107 The physical signs pointed to fluid at the left base, and to enlargement of the right lobe of the liver. 1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xxvii. 345 In the absence of this evidence, by all means measure the limb and test the movement of the joint, but put not your trust in physical signs or, for that matter, in subperfect radiographs. 1991 Lancet 9 Mar. 573/2 These clinical data were analysed retrospectively for combinations of physical signs..compatible with uncal herniation or with one of the four stages of central cerebral herniation. < as lemmas |
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