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Risser sign

Risser sign proper noun: an indirect measure of skeletal maturity, whereby the ossification stage of the iliac apophysis is used to judge the ossification of the spinal vertebrae.

Proper noun

Risser sign

  1. An indirect measure of skeletal maturity, whereby the ossification stage of the iliac apophysis is used to judge the ossification of the spinal vertebrae.

Origin of Risser sign

The correlation was first described by Risser in 1958, with a graded classification scheme developed at a later time.

Questions about Risser sign

What does Risser sign mean?
Risser sign means an indirect measure of skeletal maturity, whereby the ossification stage of the iliac apophysis is used to judge the ossification of the spinal vertebrae.
What part of speech is Risser sign?
Risser sign is a proper noun.

Words near Risser sign in the dictionary

  1. rissallahs
  2. rissallas
  3. Rissanen's theorem
  4. Risse
  5. Risser
  6. Risser sign
  7. Rissers
  8. Risses
  9. Risshun
  10. Rissian
  11. Rissler

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