upper quadrant
collocation in Englishmeaningsofupperandquadrant
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upper
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈʌp.ər/us/ˈʌp.ɚ/
at a higher position or level than something else, or being the top part ...
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quadrant
noun[C]
uk/ˈkwɒd.rənt/us/ˈkwɑː.drənt/
mathematicsspecialized
a quarter of ...
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(Definition ofupperandquadrantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The stomach is seen as a sonolucent area in the leftupperquadrantof the abdomen.
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In the left eye, the visual-field defect extended slightly into theupperquadrant.
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If the tumor is situated in theupperquadrant, it is likely that, for example a reduction procedure does not affect the lymphatic drainage.
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Other constitutional symptoms may occur and include a reduced appetite, malaise and epigastric or rightupperquadrantdiscomfort.
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Toward the end of radiation treatment, she developed progressive rightupperquadrantabdominal pain, nausea, and elevated liver transaminases.
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Discomfort may occur in the leftupperquadrantdue to splenic enlargement and patients may be troubled by bruising.
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The typical patient with amoebic liver abscess is a 20-40-year-old male with a 1-2-week history of fever and diffuse or right,upperquadrantabdominal pain (fig001wpc).
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In moderate infections, clinical symptoms include loss of appetite, indigestion, fullness of the abdomen, epigastric distress unrelated to meals, discomfort in the rightupperquadrant, diarrhoea, oedema, and some hepatomegaly.
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The pyloric hypertrophy is felt classically as an olive-shaped mass in the middle upper part or rightupperquadrantof the infant's abdomen.
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It typically presents with fever, rigors, and rightupperquadrantabdominal pain, but sometimes abdominal pain may be absent.
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These worked in theupperquadrantto distinguish them from the two-position lower quadrant semaphores that were standard at the time of their introduction.
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Definitions commonly describe three common signs and symptoms: rightupperquadrantpain, jaundice, and fever.
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The hepatic flexure lies in the rightupperquadrantof the abdomen in humans.
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Although it can occur asymptomatically, the typical symptom is severe pain in the leftupperquadrant of the abdomen, sometimes radiating to the left shoulder.
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Upperquadrantsignals, as the name implies, pivot the arm upward for off.
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It is usually described as sharp rightupperquadrantpain that radiates to the right shoulder, or less commonly, retrosternal.
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