Winterbottom sign
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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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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