rebound tenderness

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   pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation

   Broadertenderness

Questions about rebound tenderness

What does rebound tenderness mean?

rebound tenderness means "pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation".

Is rebound tenderness a common word?

rebound tenderness 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.