Joffroy's sign

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• 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

• Joffroy — Alexis C., French physician, 1844–1908. See J. reflex, J. sign …   Medical dictionary

• signo de Joffroy — Eng. Joffroy s sign Falta de contracción del músculo frontal en el bocio exoftálmico cuando se pide al paciente que mire hacia arriba …   Diccionario de oftalmología

• Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… …   Medical dictionary

• phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… …   Medical dictionary