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Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Hess' law(medicine)
hess's law(medicine)
Hess' test(medicine)
Hess, Alfred(medicine)
Hess, Walter(medicine)
Hess screen(medicine)
Amerada Hess(finance)
Hess, Carl von(medicine)

Hess' test (medicine) and Bruce, Sir David (medicine)


Hess' test (medicine)


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Rumpel-Leede test


A tourniquet test for capillary fragility, often positive in the presence of severe thrombocytopenia.

See: capillary fragility test.

Synonym: bandage sign, Hess' test, Rumpel-Leede sign.


Bruce, Sir David (medicine)


Bruce, Sir David
<person> British surgeon, 1855-1931.

See: Brucella, brucellosis.