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cord sign

Posted By: Kathy on 2007-01-07
In Reply to: Here's the sentence: - gooseegg

Subject: cord sign

I found reference to a "cord sign" in my Stedman's Radiology and Oncology word book.  I don't have a definition, but from Google hits it looks like it would fit your context. 


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