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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 inflammationplay

  Familiarity information: REBOUND TENDERNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REBOUND TENDERNESS (noun)


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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