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Crescent sign — in radiology refers to a thin, curvilinear lucent line parallel and inverted to the cortical margin of a bone. It represents the margin of a disk of articular cartilage and underlying subchondral bone, that has fractured. This is a medical sign… … Wikipedia
Air crescent sign — In radiology, the air crescent sign is a finding on chest X ray and/or computed tomography that is crescenteric and radiolucent, due to a lung cavity that is filled with air and has a round radioopaque mass. [Abramson S. The air crescent sign.… … Wikipedia
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air crescent sign — on a CT scan of the lung, the appearance of an intracavitary mass partly surrounded by air that has entered the cavity secondary to necrosis; it is usually a late finding in pulmonary aspergillosis but may occur in other conditions … Medical dictionary
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
Crescent — For other uses, see Crescent (disambiguation). An example of an artistic crescent in this case a large circle with a smaller one removed … Wikipedia
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crescent — noun (C) 1 a curved shape, wider in the middle and pointed at the ends: crescent moon/knife/biscuit etc: A new crescent moon rose above the town. 2 the curved shape as a sign of the Muslim religion 3 a word meaning a street with a curved shape,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crescent — cres|cent [ˈkresənt, ˈkrez ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: creissant, from creistre to grow, increase , from Latin crescere] 1.) a curved shape that is wider in the middle and pointed at the ends ▪ a small crescent of pastry topped… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Hollywood Sign — Infobox Historic building name = Hollywood Sign |300px caption = The Hollywood Sign as it appears today. map type = latitude = longitude = location town = Los Angeles, California location country = United States architect = Thomas Fisk Goff… … Wikipedia
