clinical signs
Detectable disease markers
Clinical signs are observable, measurable indicators of disease or abnormality detected through examination—what a doctor sees, hears, or feels rather than what a patient reports.
A rash is a clinical sign; itching is a symptom.
The clinical signs included elevated blood pressure and an enlarged spleen.
The distinction matters in medicine: signs are objective, symptoms are subjective.
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- jaundiceYellowing from bile pigment
- pallorUnhealthy facial whiteness
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
barrel chest · breath sounds · heart murmur · fever · tremor · limp · nystagmus · icterus · petechiae · crepitus · inflammation · hypoxia · acidosis · ascites · guarding · alkalosis · edema · muscle wasting
- medical vocabularymedical dictionary, anatomical terms, clinical terms, abbreviations, body systems
- diagnosisdifferential diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnostic criteria, patient assessment, ruling out
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- parasitic wormstapeworm, tapeworms, roundworm, roundworms, hookworm
- Diphtheriadiphtheria, pseudomembrane, DPT vaccine
source of information
clinical signssymptoms
Indicators of disease
chief complaint · patient history · self-assessment · medical history