Kernig's sign

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Kernig's sign [′kər·nigz ‚sin]

(medicine)

In meningeal irritation, with the patient lying face up and the thigh flexed at the hip, the pain and spasm of the hamstring muscles when an attempt is made to completely extend the leg at the knee.

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