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millard-gubler syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
mil-lard-gubler syn-drome
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lesion of the pons, leading to diplopia, strabismus, and contralateral hemiplegia of the extremities.

Uncountable

Etymology

Named after two French physicians: Auguste Louis Jules Millard (1830–1915), who first identified the disorder in 1855, and Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821–1879), who described it one year later.

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What does millard-gubler syndrome mean?
A lesion of the pons, leading to diplopia, strabismus, and contralateral hemiplegia of the extremities.
Where does millard-gubler syndrome come from?
Named after two French physicians: Auguste Louis Jules Millard (1830–1915), who first identified the disorder in 1855, and Adolphe-Marie Gubler (1821–1879), who described it one year later.

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