English Explanatory Dictionary

Westermark sign

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sign in chest radiography that represents a focus of oligemia seen distal to a pulmonary embolism.

Word forms

Westermark sign

Etymology

Named after Nils Westermark, a Swedish radiologist.

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