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  2. Prehn's sign - Wikipedia

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    According to Prehn's sign, the physical lifting of the testicles relieves the pain of epididymitis but not pain caused by testicular torsion. [ 4 ] Negative Prehn's sign indicates no pain relief with lifting the affected testicle, which points towards testicular torsion which is a surgical emergency and must be relieved within 6 hours.

  3. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Feminine ordinal indicator, Degree sign: −: Minus sign: Hyphen-minus, Commercial minus: ×: Multiplication sign: X mark # Number sign: Numero sign. Also known as "octothorpe", "hash" and "hashtag sign" Pound sign № Numero sign: Number sign: Obelus: Division sign, Dagger, Commercial minus, Index ( ) Parenthesis: Bracket, Angle bracket ...

  4. Phren - Wikipedia

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    Phren, however, is not exclusively applied to humans. In Empedocles' system, Phren is a general psychological agent to which moral blame and praise can be extended, [ 4 ] that darts through the universe as effluences, steers and controls the cosmos in the process and is the measure of what is harmonious and what is fit to exist. [ 5 ]

  5. Positive and negative predictive values - Wikipedia

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    The positive predictive value (PPV), or precision, is defined as = + = where a "true positive" is the event that the test makes a positive prediction, and the subject has a positive result under the gold standard, and a "false positive" is the event that the test makes a positive prediction, and the subject has a negative result under the gold standard.

  6. Kehr's sign - Wikipedia

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    Kehr's sign is the occurrence of acute pain in the tip of the shoulder due to the presence of blood or other irritants in the peritoneal cavity when a person is lying down and the legs are elevated. Kehr's sign in the left shoulder is considered a classic symptom of a ruptured spleen .

  7. Sign (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Signage, the use of signs and visual graphics to convey information; Signature, a handwritten depiction of someone's name or other mark used as a proof of identity and intent

  8. Phrenology - Wikipedia

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  9. Check mark - Wikipedia

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    The check mark is a predominant affirmative symbol of convenience in the English-speaking world because of its instant and simple composition.