English Explanatory Dictionary

Horner's syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Horner's syndrome

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
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