Blumberg sign
English
Alternative forms
- Blumberg's sign
Etymology
Named after German surgeon Jacob Moritz Blumberg.
Proper noun
- The presence of pain when the abdominal wall is slowly compressed and rapidly released, indicative of peritonitis.
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