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sign

In medicine, a sign is something found during a physical exam or as a result of a laboratory or imaging test that shows that a person may have a condition or disease. Signs can be observed by a health care provider or other person. Some examples of signs are fever, swelling, skin rash, high blood pressure, and high blood glucose.
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