| Hegar | Alfred, German gynecologist, 1830-1914. See: Hegar's dilators, Hegar's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hegar's dilators | A series of cylindrical bougies of graduated sizes used to dilate the cervical canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hegar's sign | <clinical sign> Softening and compressibility of the lower segment of the uterus in early pregnancy (about the seventh week) which, on bimanual examination, is felt by the finger in the vagina as though the neck and body of the uterus were separated, or connected by only a thin band of tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hegglin | Robert M.P., Swiss physician, 20th century. See: Hegglin's anomaly, Hegglin's syndrome, May-Hegglin anomaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hegglin's anomaly | A disorder in which neutrophils and eosinophils contain basophilic structures known as Dohle or Amato bodies and in which there is faulty maturation of platelets, with thrombocytopenia; autosomal dominant inheritance. Synonym: May-Hegglin anomaly. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hegglin's syndrome | <syndrome> Dissociation between electromechanical systole (Q-SII interval) and electrical systole (Q-T interval) so that the second heart tone (SII) is recorded before the end of the T wave; described by Hegglin as an energy-dynamic cardiac insufficiency during diabetic coma and other metabolic disorders. (05 Mar 2000) |