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mcburney's point

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mcbur-ney's -point
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A point of the skin one-third of the distance from the ASIS to the umbilicus, which corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix.

Etymology

Named for Charles McBurney, American surgeon who described the point.

Inflected Forms

McBurney's points (plural)

Questions

What does mcburney's point mean?
A point of the skin one-third of the distance from the ASIS to the umbilicus, which corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix.
Where does mcburney's point come from?
Named for Charles McBurney, American surgeon who described the point.

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