Murphy's punch

English

Etymology

First described by the American surgeon John Benjamin Murphy in 1884.

Proper noun

Murphy's punch

  1. (medicine) A diagnostic test for kidney tenderness, involving percussion of the costal vertebral angle.
    Synonym: Murphy's test
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