Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.... , tenderness is pain
Pain
Pain, in the sense of physical pain, is a typical sensory experience that may be described as the unpleasant awareness of a noxious stimulus or bodily harm.... or discomfort
Discomfort
Discomfort may refer to:* pain, an unpleasant sensation* suffering, an unpleasant feeling or emotion.... when an affected area is touched.
Rebound tenderness is a clinical sign that a physician or nurse may detect in physical examination of a patient's abdomen. It refers to pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen.... is an indication of peritonitis
Peritonitis
Peritonitis is defined as inflammation of the peritoneum . It may be localised or generalised, generally has an acute course, and may depend on either infection or on a non-infectious process.... .
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Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.... , tenderness is pain
Pain
Pain, in the sense of physical pain, is a typical sensory experience that may be described as the unpleasant awareness of a noxious stimulus or bodily harm.... or discomfort
Discomfort
Discomfort may refer to:* pain, an unpleasant sensation* suffering, an unpleasant feeling or emotion.... when an affected area is touched.
Rebound tenderness is a clinical sign that a physician or nurse may detect in physical examination of a patient's abdomen. It refers to pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen.... is an indication of peritonitis
Peritonitis
Peritonitis is defined as inflammation of the peritoneum . It may be localised or generalised, generally has an acute course, and may depend on either infection or on a non-infectious process.... .
