See Also: Fetoprotein, alpha (AFP)(health)
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)(health)
alpha-fetoprotein(medicine)
maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein(medicine)
a fetoprotein(medicine)
McBurney's sign(medicine)
McBurney's incision(medicine)
McBurney's point(dictionary)
mcburney's point(medicine)
McBurney, Charles(medicine)

McBurney's point (iou) and Fetoprotein, alpha (AFP) (health)


McBurney's point (iou)



McBurney's point noun phr. L19.
[Charles McBurney (1845-1913), US surgeon.]
Medicine. The point on the surface of the abdomen which lies on a line from the tip of the right hip-bone to the navel and one-third of the way along it, which is the point of maximum tenderness in appendicitis.

Fetoprotein, alpha (AFP) (health)


AFP is a plasma protein that is normally produced by the fetus. It serves as the basis for some valuable tests.