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horner's syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
horner's syn-drome
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A disorder of the sympathetic nervous system, characterized by ptosis of the eyelid accompanied by miosis.

Etymology

Named after Johann Friedrich Horner, the Swiss ophthalmologist who first described the syndrome in 1869.

Synonyms

Bernard-Horner syndrome Claude Bernard syndrome Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome Horner syndrome oculosympathetic palsy

Questions

What does horner's syndrome mean?
A disorder of the sympathetic nervous system, characterized by ptosis of the eyelid accompanied by miosis.
Where does horner's syndrome come from?
Named after Johann Friedrich Horner, the Swiss ophthalmologist who first described the syndrome in 1869.

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