Kermes

(ker'-mez) [Pers., qirmiz, crimson]. A red dyestuff resembling cochineal, made from the bodies of the dried insects, Coccus ilicis, found on the kermes-oak. K.-min- eral, a mixture of antimony teroxid and tersulfid.

Kerner's Reaction for Creatinin. Add to a solution of creatinin acidified with a mineral acid a solution of phosphotungstic or phospho- molybdic acid; a crystalline precipitate will be formed.

Kernig's Sign. Contracture or flexion of the knee- and hip- joint, at times also of the elbow, when the patient is made to assume the sitting posture; it is noted in meningitis.

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