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.
The placing of a nonabsorbable suture around an incompetent cervical os. [ 1 Fr. an encircling, hooping, banding] [ 2 Fr. an encircling, hooping, banding] [ 3 Fr.] encircling of a part with a wire ring or loop, as for fixation of fragments in a fractured bone. 4  multifilament cable secured with a crimp.