| Garland, M | <person> U.S. Physician, 1848-1926. See: Garland's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| garland | 1. The crown of a king. 2. A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath. 3. The top; the thing most prized. 4. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an anthology. "They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands." (Percy) 5. A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in. A grommet or ring of rope lashed to a spar for convenience in handling. Origin: OE. Garland, gerlond, OF. Garlande, F. Guirlande; of uncertain origin; cf. OHG. Wiara, wiera, crown, pure gold, MHG. Wieren to adorn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Garland, Hugh | <person> British neurologist. See: Marinesco-Garland syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Garland's triangle | A triangular area of relative resonance in the lower back near the spine, found in the same side as a pleural effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marinesco-Garland syndrome | <syndrome> A rare neurologic disorder characterised by cerebellolental degeneration with mental retardation; autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: cataract-oligophrenia syndrome, Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome, Torsten Sjogren's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |