Murphy's punch

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Etymology

First described by the American surgeon John Benjamin Murphy in 1884.

Definitions

  1. A diagnostic test for kidney tenderness, involving percussion of the costal vertebral…

    A diagnostic test for kidney tenderness, involving percussion of the costal vertebral angle.

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