English Explanatory Dictionary

Pratt's sign

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An indication of femoral deep vein thrombosis: it is the presence of dilated pretibial veins in the affected leg, which remain dilated on raising the leg.

Word forms

Pratt's sign

Etymology

Described in 1949 by American surgeon Gerald H. Pratt (1928–2006).

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