Signs and symptoms of an effusion vary depending on the underlying disease, but dyspnea, cough, and pleuritic chest pain are common. Chest examination of a patient with pleural effusion is notable for dullness to percussion, decreased or absent tactile fremitus, decreased breath sounds, and no voice transmission.
Medical Definition of velamentous insertion. : attachment of the umbilical cord to the chorion beyond the margin of the placenta.
Excision of a portion of a vertebral lamina resulting in enlargement of the intervertebral foramen for the purpose of relieving pressure in a spinal nerve root. Synonym(s): rachiotomy. [L. lamina, layer, + G. tomÄ, incision]. /raÂ·chiÂ·otÂ·oÂ·my/ (-otÂ´ah-me) incision of a vertebra or the vertebral column.xcision of a portion of a vertebral lamina resulting in enlargement of the intervertebral foramen for the purpose of relieving pressure in a spinal nerve root. Synonym(s): rachiotomy. [L. lamina, layer, + G. tomÄ, incision]. /raÂ·chiÂ·otÂ·oÂ·my/ (-otÂ´ah-me) incision of a vertebra or the vertebral column.