clubbing
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8.4
Bigger, rounded ends of fingers and toes that show serious heart or lung disease
- noun
- /ˈklʌbɪŋ/
- Specialized
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clubbing
- Doctors often check for clubbing during examinations to assess for underlying conditions.
Examples
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They may have clubbing, OK, it does not respond to TB treatment.
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And that's suggestive of, well, clubbing.
Blog text (22) -
(b) Systemic symptoms, e.g., hypoglycemia, arthralgia, osteoarthropathy, and clubbing of the fingers.
Academic text (1996) -
Clubbing can be a sign of serious health issues, such as clubbing in the fingers.
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Patients with clubbing may experience difficulty breathing, indicating possible lung disease.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clubbing (medical) comes from the word club, meaning a 'thick stick', because the ends of the fingers or toes become round and thick like a small club. So, clubbing describes that 'club-like' shape of the finger or toe tips.