See Also: Musset, L Alfred de(medicine)
De Musset sign(health)
de Musset's sign(medicine)
Musset's sign(medicine)
Musset, (Louis-Charles-) Alfred de(encyclopedia)
diphtheritic(medicine)
diphtheritic(dictionary)
diphtheritic ulcer(medicine)
Diphtheritic membrane(health)
diphtheritic paralysis(medicine)

De Musset sign (health) and diphtheritic (medicine)


De Musset sign (health)


Rhythmic nodding or bobbing of the head in synchrony with the heart beat, a sign of aortic insufficiency - incompetence of the aortic valve with aortic regurgitation. The causes include syphilitic aortitis, rheumatic fever, and aortic aneurysm





diphtheritic (medicine)


diphtheritic
<medicine>

1. Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria.

2. Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder.

Source: Websters Dictionary