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Osler's node — Osler s lesions found on the hand and fingers of a 43 year old male with subacute bacterial endocarditis. Osler s nodes are painful, red, raised lesions found on the hands and feet. They are associated with a number of conditions, including… … Wikipedia
Osler, Sir William — born July 12, 1849, Bond Head, Canada West, Can. died Dec. 29, 1919, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. Canadian physician and professor. He became the first to identify blood platelets (1873) and later taught at the medical school at McGill University… … Universalium
Osler node — noun A painful, red, raised skin lesion, usually on the pads of the fingers or toes, indicative of the heart disease bacterial endocarditis. The patient had fever and sweats for weeks, but the diagnosis was uncertain until Osler nodes appeared on … Wiktionary
Osler sign — the presence of Osler nodes on the hands and feet, pathognomonic of subacute bacterial endocarditis … Medical dictionary
Osler's sign — refers to one of the medical signs named in honor of the famous Professor William Osler, Professor of Medicine at McGill University and Johns Hopkins University. Osler s sign (pseudohypertension) Pretibial myxedema seen in Graves disease is also… … Wikipedia
Osler, Sir William, Baronet — ▪ Canadian physician born July 12, 1849, Bond Head, Canada West [now Ontario], Can. died Dec. 29, 1919, Oxford, Eng. Canadian physician and professor of medicine who practiced and taught in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain and whose… … Universalium
Osler disease maneuver nodes etc. — Os·ler disease, maneuver, nodes, etc. (ōsґlər) [Sir William Osler, Canadian born physician, 1849–1919; successively professor of medicine in McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, and the… … Medical dictionary
Osler's nodes — purplish nodes on the finger pulp or the thenar or hypothenar eminence. They are usually tender and a sign of bacterial endocarditis. [Sir W. Osler] … The new mediacal dictionary
Nodes, Osler’s — A diagnostic sign of bacterial infection of the heart (subacute bacterial endocarditis). These are small (the size of split peas), tender, transient nodules in the pads of fingers and toes and the palms and soles. Named for the Canadian born… … Medical dictionary
Osler’s nodes — These are small (the size of split peas), tender, transient nodules in the pads of fingers and toes and the palms and soles. They are a highly diagnostic sign of bacterial infection of the heart (subacute bacterial endocarditis). Named for the… … Medical dictionary
