Aunt Minnie

noun

A distinctive radiographic finding that is virtually pathognomonic.

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Meanings

nounAunt Minnie (plural Aunt Minnies)

plural Aunt Minnies

  1. medicineA distinctive radiographic finding that is virtually pathognomonic.

    The following abdominal radiographic Aunt Minnies (Figs. 3.3 to 3.9) are commonly encountered. File them away in your visual-cerebral computer, and your ability to recognize them will make you a star in the eyes of your colleagues[…]

    2009, William E. Erkonen, Wilbur L. Smith, Radiology 101: The Basics and Fundamentals of Imaging, page 72

Origin

Said to have been coined in the 1940s by Dr. Ben Felson, a radiologist at the University of Cincinnati, suggesting something as immediately recognisable as one's own relatives.

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