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What does SIGN Stand For?
For Sign we have found 45 definitions.
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What does SIGN mean? We know 45 definitions for SIGN abbreviation or acronym in 5 categories. Possible SIGN meaning as an acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term vary from category to category. Please look for them carefully.
SIGN Stands For:
| Rank | Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ***** | Q SIGN | Patient unconscious/terminal with mouth open and tongue hanging out; 'Dotted Q' means flies land on tongue (dead/dying). Reversible Q-sign means you can push the patient's tongue back into the mouth to form the O-sign. Irreversible Q-sign means the tongue | |
| **** | O SIGN | Patient unconscious with mouth open | |
| ** | M SIGN | Patient just goes 'Mmmm' | |
| ** | CHANDELIER'S SIGN | The result of any test or probing after which the patient must be removed from the chandelier | |
| ** | T&T SIGN | Tattoo-to-Teeth Sign: survival indicator; those who are tattooed and toothless will survive major injuries | |
| ** | POSITIVE SUITCASE SIGN | patients who are repeated admissions for prolonged periods with no physiological cause of their problems. They turn up at hospital with packed suitcases ready for admission | |
| * | LIPSTICK SIGN | if a female patient is well enough to put on, she is well enough to be discharged | |
| * | JOHN THOMAS SIGN (UK), JOHNSON'S SIGN (US) | according to tradition, the side that the penis (John Thomas, Johnson) points to (if visible on x-ray) will have an abnormality (see also Throckmorton sign). | |
| * | BBL SIGN (BELLY-BUTTON LINT SIGN) | male, middle-aged, overweight and hairy (an umbilicus that looks like the lint [fluff] trap in a tumble dryer is most common in overweight, hairy, older men). Known as Belly-button Fluff in Britain. | |
| * | SIGN PS | The development of a Printing System for Sign languages | |
| * | THROCKMORTON'S SIGN | in the unconscious male, the penis points to the injury | |
| * | SIGN | Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (similar to the English NICE) Common Medical | |
| * | GOWN'S SIGN, POSITIVE | a patient who leaves (self-discharge ) without official discharge orders | |
| * | SIGN | .Sure Indicator Generally Noticed Funny | |
| * | ROTHMAN'S SIGN | tobacco staining of fingers | |
| * | POSITIVE BLUE LEGS SIGN | (US) resuscitation behind closed curtains (US ER medics wear blue scrubs) | |
| * | POSITIVE HILTON SIGN | demanding patient expects Hilton Hotel luxury; indicates patient well enough to leave! | |
| * | GRAPE SIGN | grapes at a bedside, denotes patient has a supportive family and might be candidate for early discharge | |
| * | TATTOO TITRE/T&T SIGN | indication of patient insanity: more than 5 tattoos indicates likely crazy person | |
| * | SMURF SIGN | patient blue or going blue | |
| * | STEEL SIGN | surgical metalwork from previous ops visible on x-ray | |
| * | FLOWER SIGN | flowers at a bedside, denotes patient has a supportive family and might be candidate for early discharge | |
| * | CEILING SIGN | near-levitation from the bed to the ceiling induced by examining for abdominal tenderness | |
| * | SIGN | Signature | |
| * | SIGN | Student Interest Group in Neurology | |