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Medical Definition of Shifting dullness
1. A sign of free peritoneal fluid wherein the dullness of percussion shifts, generally from one to the other, as the patient is turned from side to side. (05 Mar 2000)
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1. A sign of free peritoneal fluid wherein the dullness of percussion shifts, generally from one to the other, as the patient is turned from side to side. (05 Mar 2000)