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  2. psoas sign, Psoas sign: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Psoas sign)

noun:  The psoas sign, also known as Cope's sign (or Cope's psoas test) or Obraztsova's sign, is a medical sign that indicates irritation to the iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen, and consequently indicates that the inflamed appendix is retrocaecal in orientation (as the iliopsoas muscle is retroperitoneal).


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