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Hamman's sign

Hamman's sign proper noun: a crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with the heartbeat, heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema produced by the heart beating against air-filled tissues.

Proper noun

Hamman's sign

  1. A crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with the heartbeat, heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema produced by the heart beating against air-filled tissues.

Origin of Hamman's sign

Named after Johns Hopkins clinician Louis Hamman.

Questions about Hamman's sign

What does Hamman's sign mean?
Hamman's sign means a crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with the heartbeat, heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema produced by the heart beating against air-filled tissues.
What part of speech is Hamman's sign?
Hamman's sign is a proper noun.

Words near Hamman's sign in the dictionary

  1. hammals
  2. hammam
  3. Hammamet
  4. hammams
  5. Hamman
  6. Hamman's sign
  7. Hamman-Rich syndrome
  8. Hammann
  9. Hammanns
  10. Hammans
  11. Hammar

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