Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kernig's_sign

1 sense of kernig's sign

Sense 1
Kernig's sign -- (symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings)
       => symptom -- ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)