- Musset sign
- rhythmical jerking movement of the head; seen in cases of aortic aneurysm and aortic insufficiency.
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Musset sign
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Musset sign — Mus·set sign (mu saґ) [Louis Charles Alfred de Musset, French poet, 1810–1857, who died of aortic insufficiency] see under sign … Medical dictionary
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