See Also: Courvoisier's sign(medicine)
Papuan(dictionary)
Papuan languages(encyclopedia)
Courvoisier(medicine)
Courvoisier's law(medicine)
Courvoisier's gallbladder(medicine)
Courvoisier phenomenon(medicine)
Big toe sign(health)
SIGN, mer(law)
re-sign(dictionary)

Papuan languages (sh) and Courvoisier's sign (medicine)


Papuan languages (sh)




Group of about 750 Languages spoken by indigenous peoples of New Guinea and parts of some neighbouring islands, including Alor, Bougainville, Halmahera, New Britain, New Ireland, and Timor.

Spoken by perhaps five million people, Papuan Languages belong to about 60 Families, the higher genetic Relationships of which are still uncertain. This diversity, conjoined with the numerous Austronesian Languages spoken on smaller parts of New Guinea and on adjacent islands, makes the region the most linguistically heterogeneous area of the world. The vast majority of Papuan Languages have fewer than 100,000 speakers; among those with more are Chimbu and Enga, spoken in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.


Courvoisier's sign (medicine)


Courvoisier's sign -->
Courvoisier's law
Enlargement of the gallbladder with jaundice is likely to result from carcinoma of the head of the pancreas and not from a stone in the common duct, because in the latter the gallbladder is usually scarred from infection and does not distend.

Synonym: Courvoisier's sign.