Medical Definition of Cushing phenomenon

1. A rise in systemic blood pressure when the intracranial pressure acutely increases, usually in excess of 50% of the systolic arterial pressure. Synonym: Cushing effect, Cushing response. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cushing Phenomenon

Curtiss
Curupira
Curvularia
Cusco
Cuscuta
Cuscuta gronovii
Cush
Cushing
Cushing's basophilism
Cushing's disease
Cushing's pituitary basophilism
Cushing's suture
Cushing's syndrome
Cushing's syndrome medicamentosus
Cushing effect
Cushing phenomenon (current term)
Cushing response
Custer
Custer's Last Stand
Customs Bureau
Customs Service
Cuterebra
Cuterebridae
Cuthbert
Cuthbertson
Cutler
Cutsahnim
Cutterman

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