Medicine Decoded

  Eponym Description Pott's aneurysm Arteriovenous aneurysm in which blood flows from an...

To understand Splitting of S2 better, we should first understand its normal physiology. Second heart sound : It has two audible componen...

A detailed article on Cardiac apex beat : Medspan-Examination of Cardiac Apex Beat

Austin Flint Murmur Description The murmur typically begins in mid-diastole, often has a presystolic accentuation, and terminates at the...

Austin Flint murmur : Austin Flint murmur is a mid-diastolic rumbling audible in subjects with severe aortic regurgitation that is best he...

Confused with Hepatic venous pressure gradient & other stuff then check this wonderful pdf from indiangastro journal.

The Babinski sign This eponym refers to the dorsiflexion of the great toe with or without fanning of the other toes and withdrawal of t...

    Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) : It is a naturally occurring variation in heart rate that occurs during a breathing cycle. He...

Laennec, a French physician and the inventor of the stethoscope. Laennec's cirrhosis :Other name for Alcoholic Cirrhosis .Most common...

Phalen sign :Hyper flexion of the wrist for 60 seconds may elicit paresthesia in the median nerve distribution. Tinel sign :Tapping the v...

A 35-year-old man presented with right-sided scrotal pain. Clinically, the right epididymis was thickened. High resolution ultrasound (10MHz...

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharziasis , results from long-lived infection by multicellular intravascular parasites of one of five tr...

Medical eponyms are always favorite choice of Questions be it for viva-voice or in Mcqs in competitive exams .So ...

A lyophilized preparation of a low-virulence strain (SU) of Streptococcus pyogenes (S. hemolyticus), inactivated by heating with penicillin ...

The classic triad of symptoms of bacterial meningitis includes   fever, stiff neck, and alterations of mental statu...

The term dyspnea implies an unpleasant sensation of shortness of breath that is out of proportion to the ventilatory needs expected for ...

It's a crescent-shaped space overlying the stomach. The surface markings for Traube’s space the left sixth rib, the left mi...

Clinical signs & diagnostic evaluation of Marfan's syndrome with illustrations. Download the most clinically useful pdf file from ...

Syndrome X or Metabolic syndrome: Metabolic syndrome is also known as metabolic syndrome X , syndrome X , insulin resistance syndrome , Re...