SYMPTOM

n. Si'mp'fm. Gr., (rv^irTta/^a. (from evMiri'irmv. to fall together). Fr., symptome. Ger., S. Any perceptible change in the body or its functions which may be taken as an indication of the nature, situation, severity, etc., of a morbid proce . See also SIGN. Argyll Bobertson s. See Robertson s. Branch's s. See Romberq"'s SIGN. Chevostek s. In tetany, an increase of the mechanical excitability of the nerves elicited by stroking or pinching a muscle, [a, 34.] Direct s. A s. that depends directly upon the disease. [D, 3.]--Graefe's s. See Von Graefe^s s. Guyon's s. Renal ballottement. Indirect 8. A s. -which is the indirect consequence of the disease. Lay rin your s's. A group or complex of s's supposed to be due to some disease of the internal ear and characterized by irritative phenomena, such as subjective sensations of hearing, hyperffsthesia acustica, giddine , staggering, or vomiting, and by paralytic phenomena, such as diminution of the sharpne of hearing or total deafne . [F, 32.] Negatively pathognomonic s. A s. which seldom or never occurs in a certain disease, and consequently, if present, shows that the case is not one of that disease. Parrot's s. Dilatation of the pupil on pinching the skin; observed in meningitis. Pa ive s. See Statical s. Pathognomonic s. A s. which undeniably indicates the existence of a certain disease. [D, 3.] Physical s's. See Physical SIGNS. Bobertson s. Immobility of the pupil under the stimulus of light, a ociated with normal reaction to accommodative movements. Bomberg's s. See Romberg's SIGN. Rosenbach's s. Abolition of the abdominal reflex. Statical s. A s. which indicates only a condition localized in an organ. [D, 3.] Sympathetic s's. S's which appear with the e ential ones, but for the presence of which no cause can be a igned except that of sympathy. Von Graefe's s. Di ociation of the movements of the globe of the eye and those of the upper lid. Westphal's s. See WestphnTs SIGN. Wintrich's percu ion s. Ger., Schallwechsel. The E, he; E2, ell; G, go; I, die; I2, in; N, in; N2, tank; [s. 578]