单词 | rational sign |
释义 | > as lemmasrational sign 8. Medicine. Designating or relating to clinical signs (in later use: spec. functional changes) that are associated with a disease by inference (as opposed to signs directly appreciated during examination); esp. in rational sign. Cf. physical sign n. at physical adj. Compounds. Now rare. ΚΠ 1674 J. Blagrave New Tract Cure of Wounds 6 in Suppl. to Culpeppers Eng. Physitian The rational signs are taken diversly,..its probable that the skul is broken if they bleed at nose ears or mouth, if they swoon or vomit,..if he raves or falter in his speech, be dull, weak of judgment, and understanding. 1710 tr. P. Dionis Course Chirurg. Operations 271 The rational signs depend on the efficient Cause, the nature of the Wound, and its Symptoms. 1763 R. Brookes Introd. Physic & Surg. (ed. 2) 79 Rational Signs are those which Reason discovers: These are not properly speaking Signs, but Conclusions, that are drawn from external Signs relating to the Disease, their Degree, their Circumstances, and convenient Remedies. 1837 Lancet 30 Dec. 479/1 In this early stage the symptoms are so obscure, that I question whether they can be detected by either physical or rational science. 1855 J. King Amer. Eclectic Obstetr. 98 The signs of pregnancy are divided into the rational and the sensible; the rational are again subdivided into general, local, and sympathetic. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 275 Physical are more important than rational signs in establishing the diagnosis of cyst of the pancreas. 1933 H. D. Chapin & L. T. Royster Pediatrics xxv. 334 The treatment for perforation, which would be evidenced by sudden pain, abdominal tenderness, and changes in the rational signs, demands prompt surgical intervention. < as lemmas |
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