English Explanatory Dictionary

Winterbottom's sign

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A swelling of lymph nodes along the back of the neck, characteristic of the early phase of African trypanosomiasis, and suggestive of cerebral infection.

Word forms

Winterbottom's sign

Etymology

From descriptions made by Dr. Thomas Masterman Winterbottom (1766-1859) in 1803.

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