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Sign
Definition 1
In medicine, a sign is something found during a physical exam or from a laboratory test that shows that a person may have a condition or disease. Some examples of signs are fever, swelling, skin rash, high blood pressure, and high blood glucose. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
Objective evidence of disease perceptible to the examining healthcare provider. (NCI Thesaurus)
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The curving part of the colon that is in continuity with the rectum.
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