| Graefe, Albrecht von | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1828-1870. See: Graefe forceps, Graefe's knife, Graefe's operation, Graefe's sign, Graefe's spots, pseudo-Graefe's phenomenon, Graefe's sign, von Graefe's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Haller, Albrecht von | <person> Swiss physiologist, 1708-1777. See: Haller's ansa, Haller's annulus, Haller's arches, Haller's circle, Haller's cones, Haller's habenula, Haller's insula, Haller's line, Haller's plexus, Haller's rete, Haller's vascular tissue, Haller's tripod, Haller's tunica vasculosa, Haller's unguis, Haller's vas aberrans. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| von Graefe's sign | <clinical sign> In Grave's disease, lag of the upper eyelid as it follows the rotation of the eyeball downward. Synonym: von Graefe's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albrecht, Karl | <person> German anatomist, 1851-1894. See: Albrecht's bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Albrecht's bone | A small bone between the basioccipital and basisphenoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Klebs, Theodor Albrecht Edwin | <person> German physician, 1834-1913. See: Klebsiella, Klebs-Loeffler bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graefe forceps | A small thumb forceps with one horizontal row of six or eight delicate teeth across each tip. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graefe's knife | A narrow-bladed knife used in making a section of the cornea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graefe's operation | Removal of cataract by a limbal incision with capsulotomy and iridectomy. Both operations were landmarks in the field of ophthalmic surgery, iridectomy for glaucoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graefe's sign | <clinical sign> In Grave's disease, lag of the upper eyelid as it follows the rotation of the eyeball downward. Synonym: von Graefe's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graefe's spots | Small areas over the vertebrae or near the supraorbital foramen, pressure upon which causes relaxation of blepharofacial spasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudo-Graefe sign | <clinical sign> A lid retraction phenomenon similar to Graefe's sign, but due to aberrant regeneration of fibres of the oculomotor nerve into the levator of the upper lid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pseudo-Graefe's phenomenon | Retraction of the upper eyelid on downward movement of the eyes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Alder, Albert von | <person> See: Alder's anomaly, Alder bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ammon, Friedrich von | <person> German ophthalmologist and pathologist, 1799-1861. See: Ammon's fissure, Ammon's prominence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Andernach, Johann von | <person> German physician, 1505-1574. See: Andernach's ossicles. (05 Mar 2000) |