English Explanatory Dictionary

Murphy's punch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A diagnostic test for kidney tenderness, involving percussion of the costal vertebral angle.

Word forms

Murphy's punch

Etymology

First described by the American surgeon John Benjamin Murphy in 1884.

Synonyms

Murphy's test
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