Murphy's sign


Murphy's sign

 [mur´fēz] a sign of gallbladder disease consisting of pain on taking a deep breath when the examiner's fingers are on the approximate location of the gallbladder.

Murphy's sign

Clinical medicine Pain on inspiration when the examiner's fingers are placed under the right costal margin next to the rectus abdominalis, a finding associated with acute cholecystitis. See Cholecystitis.

Murphy's sign

Tenderness and rigidity under the ribs on the right side (right hypochondrium) that increases on breathing in. (John Benjamin Murphy, 1857—1916, American physician).