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REBOUND TENDERNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rebound tenderness mean?
• REBOUND TENDERNESS (noun)
The noun REBOUND TENDERNESS has 1 sense:
1. pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation
Familiarity information: REBOUND TENDERNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rebound tenderness" is a kind of...):
rawness; soreness; tenderness (a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched))
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