| Hilton's law | The nerve supplying a joint supplies also the muscles which move the joint and the skin covering the articular insertion of those muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hilton's method | Division of the nerves supplying a part, for the relief of pain in ulcers. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hilton's sac | A small diverticulum provided with mucous glands extending upward from the ventricle of the larynx between the vestibular fold and the lamina of the thyroid cartilage; it is a vestigial structure, being a much larger structure interdigitating with the neck musculature in some of the great apes where it serves as a resonating chamber. Synonym: sacculus laryngis, appendix ventriculi laryngis, Hilton's sac, laryngeal pouch. Origin: L. Sacculus (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hilton's white line | A bluish pink, narrow, wavy zone in the mucosa of the anal canal below the pectinate line at the level of the interval between the subcutaneous part of the external sphincter and the lower border of the internal sphincter, said to be palpable. Synonym: Hilton's white line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hilton, John | <person> English surgeon, 1804-1878. See: Hilton's law, Hilton's white line, Hilton's method, Hilton's sac. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Edwards, James Hilton | <person> English physician and medical geneticist, *1928. See: Edwards' syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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