Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marcus gunn pupil

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: mar-cus -gun-n pupil
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pupil of the eye that exhibits unusually little constriction when a bright light is swung from the unaffected eye to the affected eye. It can be caused by a lesion of the optic nerve.

Etymology

Named after Scottish ophthalmologist Robert Marcus Gunn.

Inflected Forms

Marcus Gunn pupils (plural)

Questions

What does marcus gunn pupil mean?: A pupil of the eye that exhibits unusually little constriction when a bright light is swung from the unaffected eye to the affected eye. It can be caused by a lesion of the optic nerve.
Where does marcus gunn pupil come from?: Named after Scottish ophthalmologist Robert Marcus Gunn.

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