KERNIG'S SIGN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kernig's sign mean? 

• KERNIG'S SIGN (noun)
  The noun KERNIG'S SIGN has 1 sense:

1. symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings

  Familiarity information: KERNIG'S SIGN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KERNIG'S SIGN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Kernig's sign" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)