| orchidometer | 1. A caliper device used to measure the size of testes. 2. A set of sized models of testes for comparison of testicular development. Origin: orchido-+ G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Prader, Andrea | <person> Swiss paediatrician, *1919. See: Prader-Willi syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| prader-willi syndrome | <syndrome> A condition in children with floppiness (hypotonia), obesity, small hands and feet and mental retardation. It is due to loss of part or all of chromosome 15, specifcally the chromosome 15 from the father. The fat and red-faced boy in a state of somnolency described by charles dickens in his novel the pickwick papers is thought by some to have had prader-willi syndrome. (the same boy inspired the naming of the pickwickian syndrome). (12 Dec 1998) |
| syndrome, prader-willi | A condition in children with floppiness (hypotonia), obesity, small hands and feet and mental retardation. It is due to loss of part or all of chromosome 15, specifcally the chromosome 15 from the father. The fat and red-faced boy in a state of somnolency described by charles dickens in his novel the pickwick papers is thought by some to have had prader-willi syndrome. (the same boy inspired the naming of the pickwickian syndrome). (12 Dec 1998) |