| Laplace, Pierre de | <person> French mathematician, 1749-1827. See: Laplace's law. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Laplace, Ernest | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1861-1924. See: Laplace's forceps. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Laplace's forceps | A forceps for approximating intestines during surgical anastomosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Laplace's law | The equilibrium relationship between transmural pressure difference (dP), wall tension (T), and radius of curvature (R) in a concave surface; for a sphere: dP = 2T/R; for a cylinder: dP = T/R. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beclard, Pierre | <person> French anatomist, 1785-1825. See: Beclard's anastomosis, Beclard's hernia, Beclard's triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berthelot, Pierre Eugene Marcellin | <person> French chemist, 1827-1907. See: Berthelot reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bonnier, Pierre | <person> French clinician, 1861-1918. See: Bonnier's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brasdor, Pierre | <person> French surgeon, 1721-1798. See: Brasdor's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Broca, Pierre | <person> French surgeon, neurologist, and anthropologist, 1824-1880. See: Broca's angles, Broca's aphasia, Broca's basilar angle, Broca's facial angle, Broca's area, Broca's parolfactory area, Broca's diagonal band, Broca's centre, Broca's field, Broca's fissure, Broca's formula, Broca's visual plane, Broca's pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Budin, Pierre | <person> French gynecologist, 1846-1907. See: Budin's obstetrical joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rayer, Pierre | <person> French physician, 1793-1867. See: Rayer's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Marie, Pierre | <person> French neurologist, 1853-1940. See: Marie's ataxia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, Bamberger-Marie disease, Bamberger-Marie syndrome, Marie-Strumpell disease, Strumpell-Marie disease, Brissaud-Marie syndrome, Foix-Cavany-Marie syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Vernier, Pierre | <person> French mathematician, 1580-1637. See: Vernier acuity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Maroteaux, Pierre | <person> French medical geneticist, *1926. See: Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gerdy, Pierre | <person> A French surgeon, 1797-1856. See: Gerdy's fibres, Gerdy's fontanel, Gerdy's hyoid fossa, Gerdy's ligament, Gerdy's interatrial loop, Gerdy's tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mauriac, Pierre | <person> French physician, *1882. See: Mauriac's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |