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Pfuhl's sign (medicine) and phase 1, noun (oh)


Pfuhl's sign (medicine)


Pfuhl's sign
<clinical sign> The pressure of pus within a subphrenic abscess rises during inspiration and falls during expiration, the reverse of what happens in the case of a purulent collection above the diaphragm; when the diaphragm is paralysed this distinction is lost.


phase 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: phasis, from Greek, 'appearance of a star, phase of the moon', from phanein 'to show, appear']
one of the stages of a process of development or change
::a new drug that is in the experimental phase
phase of
::The first phase of renovations should be finished by January.
in phases
::The work will be carried out in phases.
::It's just a phase he's going through .
out of phase (with sth)
BrE not happening together in the right way
::Nizan's views were out of phase with the political climate of the time.
in phase (with sth)
BrE happening together in the right way
::The electrical work will be carried out in phase with the Other renovations.
technical one of a fixed number of changes in the appearance of the moon or a planet when it is seen from the Earth