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noun
A point of the skin one-third of the distance from the ASIS to the umbilicus, which corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: point
History
Named for Charles McBurney, American surgeon who described the point.
