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SENSIBILITE TOUCHER [1 record]

Record 1 2011-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

An abnormal sensitiveness to pressure or contact.

OBS

Tenderness is the term usually applied in medical nomenclature to pain experienced when a diseased part is handled, the term pain, being reserved for unpleasant sensations felt apart from any manipulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Douleur réveillée, exacerbée par le contact, la pression.

OBS

La douleur provoquée s'oppose à la douleur spontanée. Elle est mise en évidence par l'examen physique.

OBS

Le terme «douleur provoquée» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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