Rovsing sign

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Rovsing sign [rov´sing]

pressure on the left side over the point corresponding to the McBurney point will elicit pain at the McBurney point typical of appendicitis.

Rovsing sign

Clinical medicine Pain in right abdomen at McBurney's point when pressure is exerted at the same level on left abdomen, a typical finding of appendicitis. See Appendicitis.

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