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TESTEVIN'S SIGN

\tˈɛstɪvˌɪnz sˈa͡ɪn], \tˈɛstɪvˌɪnz sˈa‍ɪn], \t_ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_v_ˌɪ_n_z s_ˈaɪ_n]\

Definitions of TESTEVIN'S SIGN

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The formation of a collodionlike pellicle on the urine shortly after it has been acidulated, mixed with a third of its bulk of ether, and agitated briskly; said to occur in the incubation stage of many infectious diseases.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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