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Argyll Robertson pupil en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837–1909), a Scottish ophthalmologist and surgeon, who described the condition in the mid-1860s.

Meanings

  1. A sign of neurosyphilis in which a bilateral small pupil of the eye reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light.

Forms

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Argyll Robertson pupils Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

AR pupil · prostitute's pupil

Translations (2)

pt pupila de Argyll Robertson (a bilateral small pupil of the eye that reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light) · it segno di Argyll Robertson (a bilateral small pupil of the eye that reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light)