Win·ter·bot·tom sign

(win-ter-bot'om),

swelling of the posterior cervical lymph nodes, characteristic of early stages of African trypanosomiasis; useful for surveys or control of migrations of people with preclinical infections from areas in which the disease is endemic.

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The swelling of posterior cervical lymph nodes in patients with African sleeping sickness—trypanosomiasis

Win·ter·bot·tom sign

(win'tĕr-bot'ŏm sīn)

Swelling of the posterior cervical lymph nodes, characteristic of early stages of African trypanosomiasis; useful for surveys or control of migrations from endemic areas of people with preclinical infections.

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Winterbottom,

Thomas Masterman, English physician, 1765-1859.

Winterbottom sign - swelling of the posterior cervical lymph nodes, characteristic of early stages of African trypanosomiasis.

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