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Schamroth's sign

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English

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Etymology

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Originally demonstrated by South African cardiologist Leo Schamroth.

Proper noun

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Schamroth's sign

  1. (medicine) The situation where the usual diamond-shaped "window" of space between the nailbeds when the distal phalanges of corresponding fingers of opposite hands are directly opposed.
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