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Sign
Definition(s)
1: One of a set of gestures used to represent language. 2: An objective evidence of disease especially as observed and interpreted by the physician rather than by the patient or lay observer (narrow retinal vessels are a sign of arteriosclerosis).
Definition from:
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary
by Merriam-Webster Inc.
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Published: January 23, 2009