KERNIG'S SIGN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Kernig's sign" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

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