| Streeter, George | <person> U.S. Embryologist, 1873-1948. See: Streeter's bands, Streeter's developmental horizon(s). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Streeter's bands | The strands of amniotic tissue adherent to the embryo or foetus; they may cause constriction of embryonic limbs. See: congenital amputation. Synonym: amniotic adhesions, annular band, constriction ring, Simonart's bands, Simonart's ligaments, Simonart's threads, Streeter's bands. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Streeter's developmental horizon | A term borrowed from geology and archeology by Streeter to define 23 developmental stages in young human embryos, from fertilization through the first 2 months; each horizon spanned 2 to 3 days and emphasized specific anatomic characteristics, to avoid discrepancies in the determination of age and body dimensions. Origin: G.L. Streeter (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachman, George | <person> U.S. Parasitologist, *1890. See: Bachman-Pettit test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bachmann, Jean George | <person> U.S. Physiologist, 1877-1959. See: Bachmann's bundle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baehr, George | <person> U.S. Physician, 1887-1978. See: Baehr-Lohlein lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beadle, George | <person> An American geneticist who won the Nobel Prize in 1958 with Edward Tatum for showing that genes are responsible for controlling the production of enzymes. Lived: 1903-1991. (13 Nov 1997) |
| Blumer, George | <person> U.S. Physician, 1858-1940. See: Blumer's shelf. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brewer, George | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1861-1939. See: Brewer's infarcts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Budd, George | <person> English physician, 1808-1882. See: Budd's cirrhosis, Budd's syndrome, Budd-Chiari syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Caldwell, George | <person> U.S. Physician, 1834-1918. See: Caldwell-Luc operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Palade, George | <person> Roumanian-U.S. Cell biologist and Nobel laureate, *1912. See: Palade granule, Weibel-Palade bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rainey, George | <person> English anatomist, 1801-1884. See: Rainey's corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Papanicolaou, George | <person> Greek-U.S. Physician, anatomist, and cytologist, 1883-1962. See: Pap smear, Pap test, Papanicolaou examination, Papanicolaou smear, Papanicolaou smear test, Papanicolaou stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carpenter, George | <person> British physician, 1859-1910. See: Carpenter's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gibson, George | <person> Scottish physician, 1854-1913. See: Gibson murmur. (05 Mar 2000) |