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Kernig's sign (iou)



Kernig's sign noun phr. E20.
[V. M. Kernig (1840-1917), Russian physician.]
Medicine. Resistance to straightening of the leg at the knee in a patient lying supine with the hips fully flexed, an indication of meningitis.