| Sturge, William | <person> English physician, 1850-1919. See: Sturge-Weber syndrome, Sturge-Weber disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Sturge-Kalischer-Weber syndrome | <syndrome> A congenital syndrome consisting of nevus flammeus of the face, haemangiomas of the leptomeninges and choroid, and late glaucoma. It is often associated with intracranial calcification, mental retardation, contralateral hemiplegia, and epilepsy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Sturge-Weber disease | <syndrome> A congenital syndrome consisting of nevus flammeus of the face, haemangiomas of the leptomeninges and choroid, and late glaucoma. It is often associated with intracranial calcification, mental retardation, contralateral hemiplegia, and epilepsy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sturge-weber syndrome | <syndrome> A congenital syndrome consisting of nevus flammeus of the face, haemangiomas of the leptomeninges and choroid, and late glaucoma. It is often associated with intracranial calcification, mental retardation, contralateral hemiplegia, and epilepsy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sturge-weber-dimitri syndrome | <radiology> Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, leptomeningeal capillary-venous angiomatosis, with subjacent cortical calcification, ipsilateral port-wine stains (venous angioma) of face, ipsilateral congenital glaucoma, contralateral focal sz (90%) and hemiparesis (33-66%), subnormal mentation (50%) (12 Dec 1998) |
| sturgeon | <zoology> Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder. The common North American species are Acipenser sturio of the Atlantic coast region, A. Transmontanus of the Pacific coast, and A. Rubicundus of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. In Europe, the common species is Acipenser sturio, and other well-known species are the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head, and has four barbels in front. Shovel-nosed sturgeon. <zoology> See Shovelnose . Origin: F. Esturgeon, LL. Sturio, sturgio, OHG. Sturjo, G. Stor; akin to AS. Styria, styriga. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |