| Straus reaction | A diagnostic test for glanders. Male guinea pigs are inoculated intraperitoneally with suspected material; if the glanders organism is present, it will usually set up a necrotizing inflammation in the scrotal sac within a few days and the specific organism can be confirmed bacteriologically. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Straus' sign | <clinical sign> In facial paralysis, if an injection of pilocarpine is followed by sweating on the affected side later than on the other, the lesion is peripheral. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Straus, Isidore | <person> French physician, 1845-1896. See: Straus reaction, Straus' sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Strauss, Lotte | <person> U.S. Pathologist, *1913. See: Churg-Strauss syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Straussler | See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |