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noun
A distinctive radiographic finding that is virtually pathognomonic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, radiology, sciences
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History
Said to have been coined in the 1940s by Dr. Ben Felson, a radiologist at the University of Cincinnati, suggesting something as immediately recognisable as one's own relatives.
