Taber's Medical Dictionary
Broadbent sign
(brod′bent″ )
[Sir William Henry Broadbent, Brit. physician, 1835-1907]
A visible retraction of the left side and back in the region of the 11th and 12th ribs synchronous with the cardiac systole in adhesive pericarditis.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Broadbent Sign." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758347/all/Broadbent_sign.
Broadbent sign. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758347/all/Broadbent_sign. Accessed April 25, 2026.
Broadbent sign. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758347/all/Broadbent_sign
Broadbent Sign [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 25]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758347/all/Broadbent_sign.
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