Blumberg sign

English

Alternative forms

  • Blumberg's sign

Etymology

Named after German surgeon Jacob Moritz Blumberg.

Proper noun

Blumberg sign

  1. The presence of pain when the abdominal wall is slowly compressed and rapidly released, indicative of peritonitis.
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