SIGN

n. Sin. Gr., OTJ/XCIOI'. Lat., signum. Fr., signe. Ger., Zeichen. An indication, a symptom, especially one elicited by physical examination. Baccelli's s. See Aplionic PECTORILOQUY (2d def.). Grancher's s. A raised pitch of the expiratory murmur, indicating pulmonary consolidation, [a, 34.] Halfpenny s. A s. elicited by auseultatory percu ion, said to indicate pleuritic effusion. ' The patient is seated, and is auscultated in the dorsal region." An a istant places a sou on the thorax, in different parts according to directions, and percu es. The ear of the ausculrator listens at the opposed corresponding parts. The healthy side is first examined; then the side with pleurisy, where the note is much higher. A clear metallic sound indicates pleuritic effusion; when this sound is absent there is no effusion. [''Brit. Med. Jour.," Apr. 3, 1886. p. 661.] Hegar's s. of pregnancy. A boggy, compre ible feeling of the lower uterine segment that projects over the cervix, observed by bi-manual uterine examination, the uterus being jug-shaped; observed as early as the fourth week. [E. H. Grand in (a, 34).] Jori enne's s. An unchanged pulse-rate in decided changes of position of a pregnant woman; indicative of her condition, [a, 34.] Physical s's. S's elicited by means of physical examination. Romberg's s. Swaying; inability to stand erect with the feet close together and the eyes "closed; a s. of tabes dorsualis. [a, 18.] Skoda's s. A tympanitic percu ion note in the subclavicular region, shading insensibly into a flat note in the lower mammary and axillary regions; indicative of pleural effusion, [a, 34.] Stethoscopic s. A s. perceived by the use of the stethoscope; in a wider sense, any s. furnished by auscultation, [a, 18.] Westphal's s. Absence of the knee-jerk, [a, 18.] [s. 483]