See Also: Bastedo's sign(medicine)
Bastedo(medicine)
Bark(medicine)
bark(4)(dictionary)
bark(1)(dictionary)
bark(5)(dictionary)
bark(2)(dictionary)
bark(3)(dictionary)
bark(encyclopedia)
nine-bark(medicine)

bark 2, noun (oh) and Bastedo's sign (medicine)


bark 2, noun (oh)



2 n
[Sense: 1, 3-4; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: BARK1]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: b?rkr]
[C] the sharp loud sound made by a dog
[U] the outer covering of a tree
[C] a loud sound or voice
::Amy's voice was a hoarse bark.
sb's bark is worse than their bite
used to say that someone who seems unpleasant or difficult to deal with, is not really too bad

Bastedo's sign (medicine)


Bastedo's sign
<clinical sign> An obsolete sign: in chronic appendicitis, pain and tenderness in the right iliac fossa on inflation of the colon with air.