In Russian, the hard sign no longer represents a sound but serves to separate a prefix from the root.

The physician noted Hamman's sign during auscultation, a crunching, rasping sound synchronous with the heartbeat that suggested spontaneous mediastinal emphysema.

The car's nationality sign was faded, so the officer asked the driver for additional documentation.

During the abdominal exam, the physician noted a positive Murphy's sign when the patient winced as pressure was applied beneath the right costal margin.

She smiled and showed a V-sign, hoping it would look playful in the photo.

During the exam, clinicians noted Romana's sign, a unilateral painless periorbital swelling that suggested the acute stage of Chagas disease.

To assess for hypocalcemia, the clinician elicited Trousseau's sign by inflating a blood pressure cuff around the patient's arm, which induced a characteristic spasm of the hand and forearm.

The chest radiograph demonstrated a Westermark sign, a focal area of oligemia distal to a pulmonary embolism.

The emergency physician noted a positive Blumberg sign during the abdominal exam, which raised concern for peritonitis.

During the consultation, the patient produced a matchbox sign, presenting a small container filled with fibers he insisted had crawled from his skin.