HyperDic: kernig[s_sign

English > 1 sense of the expression Kernig's sign:
NOUNstateKernig's signsymptom of meningitis
English > Kernig's sign: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningsymptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings.
Broadersymptom(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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