| Stryker, Homer | <person> U.S. Orthopedic surgeon. See: Stryker frame, Stryker saw. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Wright, James Homer | U.S. Pathologist, 1871-1928. See: Wright's stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| homer | A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. Alternative forms: chomer, gomer. Origin: Heb. Khomer. <zoology> A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance. <zoology> See Hoemother. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Homer-Wright rosettes | Pseudorosettes formed by the arrangement of tumour cells around an area of fibrillarity, evidence of neuroblastic differentiation in a medulloblastoma or primitive neuroectodermal tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stryker frame | A frame that holds the patient and permits turning in various planes without individual motion of parts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stryker, Garold | <person> U.S. Pathologist, *1896. See: Stryker-Halbeisen syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stryker-Halbeisen syndrome | <syndrome> Reddish, scaling, macular eruption on the head and upper trunk due to vitamin B complex deficiency; associated with macrocytic anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stryker saw | A rapidly oscillating saw used for cutting bone or plaster casts; it cuts hard matter, but soft tissues give and thus are not injured. (05 Mar 2000) |