MCBURNEY'S POINT
Dictionary entry overview: What does McBurney's point mean? • MCBURNEY'S POINT (noun)
The noun MCBURNEY'S POINT has 1 sense:
1. a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis
Familiarity information: MCBURNEY'S POINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MCBURNEY'S POINT (noun)
Meaning:
A point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("McBurney's point" is a kind of...):
point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)
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