kernig's sign

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   symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings

   Broadersymptom

Questions about kernig's sign

What does kernig's sign mean?

kernig's sign means "symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings".

Is kernig's sign a common word?

kernig's sign is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.