Taber's Medical Dictionary
Brudzinski sign
(broo-jin′skē, -zin′ )
[Józef Brudzinski, Polish physician, 1874-1917]
Flexion of the hips when the neck is flexed from a supine position. It occurs in patients with meningeal inflammation.
SEE: Kernig's sign; SEE: meningitis
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Brudzinski Sign." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755257/all/Brudzinski_sign.
Brudzinski sign. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755257/all/Brudzinski_sign. Accessed May 2, 2026.
Brudzinski sign. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755257/all/Brudzinski_sign
Brudzinski Sign [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 02]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755257/all/Brudzinski_sign.
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