Taber's Medical Dictionary
Cleeman sign
(klē′măn )
[Richard Alsop Cleeman, U.S. physician, 1840-1912]
A physical finding in distal femoral fracture in which the skin immediately superior to the kneecap appears dimpled or creased.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Cleeman Sign." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754309/0/Cleeman_sign.
Cleeman sign. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754309/0/Cleeman_sign. Accessed May 13, 2026.
Cleeman sign. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754309/0/Cleeman_sign
Cleeman Sign [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 13]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754309/0/Cleeman_sign.
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