- Magendie-Hertwig sign
- Ma·gen·die-Hert·wig sign (mah-zhah-deґ hertґvik) [F. Magendie; Richard Carl Wilhelm Theodor von Hertwig, German zoologist, 1850–1937] skew deviation.
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Magendie-Hertwig sign
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signo de Magendie-Hertwig — Eng. Magendie Hertwig sign Desviación ocular en la que un ojo se dirige más hacia arriba que el otro … Diccionario de oftalmología
Magendie sign — Magendie Hertwig sign skew deviation … Medical dictionary
Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… … Medical dictionary
Hertwig — Wilhelm A.O., German embryologist, 1849–1922. See H. sheath. Richard, German zoologist, 1850–1937. See Magendie H. sign, Magendie H. syndrome … Medical dictionary
Magendie — François, French physiologist, 1783–1855. See foramen of M., Bell M. law, M. law, M. spaces, under space, M. Hertwig sign, M. Hertwig syndrome … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
skew deviation — a neurological condition of the eyes in which one eye turns down while the other turns up. It is seen in disorders of the cerebellum or brainstem. * * * downward and inward rotation of the eye on the side of the cerebellar lesion and upward and… … Medical dictionary
