Macewen operation — A surgical operation for inguinal hernia designed by Sir William Macewen (1848 1924), a surgeon in Glascow, Scotland who also described Macewen’s sign for the detection of hydrocephalus and brain abscess … Medical dictionary
Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… … Medical dictionary
Macewen sign — A sign to detect hydrocephalus and brain abscess. Percussion (tapping) on the skull at a particular spot (near the junction of the frontal, temporal and parietal bones) yields an unusually resonant sound in the presence of hydrocephalus or a… … Medical dictionary
Sign, Macewen — A sign to detect hydrocephalus and brain abscess. Percussion (tapping) on the skull at a particular spot (near the junction of the frontal, temporal and parietal bones) yields an unusually resonant sound in the presence of hydrocephalus or a… … Medical dictionary
Macewen sign triangle — Mac·ew·en sign, triangle (mə kuґən) [Sir William Macewen, Scottish surgeon, 1848–1924] see under sign, and see foveola suprameatica … Medical dictionary
Macewen — Sir William, Scottish surgeon, 1848–1924. See M. sign, M. symptom, M. triangle … Medical dictionary
William MacEwen — Infobox Medical Person name =Sir William MacEwen image width = caption = birth date =birth date|1848|6|22 birth place =Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland death date =death date and age|1924|3|22|1848|6|22 death place = profession =Surgeon… … Wikipedia
William Macewen — Sir William Macewen CB, FRS, (* 22. Juni 1848 in Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute; † 22. März 1924 in Glasgow) war ein schottischer Chirurg. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werk 3 Ehrungen … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tinel sign — Classification and external resources Transverse section across the wrist and digits. (The median nerve is the yellow dot near the center. The carpal tunnel is not labeled, but the circular structure surrounding the median nerve is visible.) IC … Wikipedia
Oppenheim's sign — is dorsiflexion of the big toe elicited by irritation downward of the medial side of the tibia[1] Positive sign indicates a damage to the pyramidal tract. It is named for Hermann Oppenheim.[2][3] References … Wikipedia
