Magendie sign
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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
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 … 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
François Magendie — in 1822 Born 6 October 1783 … Wikipedia
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
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
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
law — 1. A principle or rule. 2. A statement of fact detailing a sequence or relation of phenomena that is invariable under given conditions. SEE ALSO: principle, rule, theorem. [A.S. lagu] Alexander l. states that a jerky nystagmus becomes worse when… … Medical dictionary
Brown Dog affair — The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration of University of London medical lectures by Swedish women activists, pitched battles between… … Wikipedia
motivation — motivational, adj. motivative, adj. /moh teuh vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or an instance of motivating. 2. the state or condition of being motivated. 3. something that motivates; inducement; incentive. [1870 75; MOTIVE + ATION] * * * Factors… … Universalium
