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LITTEN'S SIGN

\lˈɪtənz sˈa͡ɪn], \lˈɪtənz sˈa‍ɪn], \l_ˈɪ_t_ə_n_z s_ˈaɪ_n]\

Definitions of LITTEN'S SIGN

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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the diaphragm phenomenon; the shadow rising and falling with respiration seen through the thoracic walls and indicating the movements of the diaphragm.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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