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What is fluctuance?

What is fluctuance? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Quality of being fluctuant.
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On physical exam, the patient was febrile and his left upper eyelid was markedly swollen with fluctuance and drainage.
Fluctuance and local purulence at the nail margin may occur, and infection may extend beneath the nail margin to involve the nail bed.
Local wound dehiscence without fluctuance was developed 10 14 days after surgery in 11 of these cases.
A sutured laceration on the occipital region of the patient's head was noted to be moderately tender, but without fluctuance or drainage.
Two weeks later, we surgically removed a hematoma around the coronal incision area to dissolve ongoing swelling with fluctuance.

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