Forchheimer sign

Forch·heim·er sign

(fork'hī-mer), the presence, in rubella, of a reddish maculopapular eruption on the soft palate.

Forchheimer,

Frederick, U.S. physician, 1853-1913. Forchheimer sign - the presence in German measles of a reddish maculopapular eruption on the soft palate.

Forch·heim·er sign

(fōrkhī-mer sīn) The presence, in rubella, of a reddish maculopapular eruption on the soft palate.