- Hoover sign
- Hoo·ver sign (hooґvər) [Charles Franklin Hoover, American physician, 1865–1927] see under sign.
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Hoover sign
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Hoover sign — 1. in the normal state or in genuine paralysis, if the supine patient is directed to press the whole lower limb against the surface, there will be a lifting movement in the opposite limb; this phenomenon is absent in hysteria and malingering.… … Medical dictionary
Grasset-Gaussel-Hoover sign — Gras·set Gaus·sel Hoo·ver sign (grah saґ go selґ hooґvər) [J. Grasset; A. Gaussel; Charles Franklin Hoover, American physician, 1865–1927] Hoover sign (def. 1); see under sign … Medical dictionary
Grasset-Gaussel-Hoover sign — Hoover s. (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
Hoover's sign — Hoover’s sign refers to one of two signs named for Charles Franklin Hoover.cite web |url=http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/dittrick/cemetery/stop13.htm |title=George Crile, Charles Hoover and John Phillips |format= |work= |accessdate=] Charles Franklin… … Wikipedia
Hoover (seal) — Infobox Person name = Hoover image size = 200px caption = birth date = 1971? birth place = death date = death date|1985|7|25|mf=y death place = New England Aquarium Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. occupation = spouse = parents = children = 6cite… … Wikipedia
Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… … Medical dictionary
Hoover — Charles F., U.S. physician, 1865–1927. See H. signs, under sign … Medical dictionary
complementary opposition sign — Hoover s. (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
Herbert Hoover — Infobox President | name=Herbert Clark Hoover nationality=American order=31st President of the United States term start=March 4, 1929 term end=March 4, 1933 predecessor=Calvin Coolidge successor=Franklin D. Roosevelt order2=3rd United States… … Wikipedia
Charles Franklin Hoover — (1865–1927)[1] was an American physician born in Cleveland, Ohio, who read medicine at Harvard. He worked in Vienna under Neusser, and in Strasbourg with F Kraus before returning to Cleveland. He was appointed Professor of Medicine in 1907. His… … Wikipedia
