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mcburney's point

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See appendicitis.

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  • noun a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis

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  • Relevant if testing for appendicitis.

    February 15, 2009