| Sydney crease | A variation of the proximal transverse palmar flexion crease that reaches the ulnar side of the palm; associated with acute lymphocytic anaemia in early childhood, rubella embryopathy, and Down's syndrome. Synonym: Sydney line. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Ringer, Sydney | <person> English physiologist, 1835-1910. See: Ringer's injection, Ringer's solution, lactated Ringer's injection, Krebs-Ringer solution, Locke-Ringer solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Sydney line | A variation of the proximal transverse palmar flexion crease that reaches the ulnar side of the palm; associated with acute lymphocytic anaemia in early childhood, rubella embryopathy, and Down's syndrome. Synonym: Sydney line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmar crease | Any of the several flexion crease's normally found on the palm of the hand, occurring proximal to, but as a consequence of flexion at, the metacarpophalangeal joints. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crease | A line or linear depression as produced by a fold. See: fold, groove, line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crease wound | A tangential wound that makes a furrow without perforating the skin. Synonym: crease wound, glancing wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| simian crease | A single palmar crease associated with Down's syndrome. (27 Sep 1997) |
| digital crease | One of the grooves on the palmar surface of a finger, at the level of an interphalangeal joint. Synonym: digital flexion crease, digital furrow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| digital flexion crease | One of the grooves on the palmar surface of a finger, at the level of an interphalangeal joint. Synonym: digital flexion crease, digital furrow. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ear lobe crease | A diagonal crease found on one or both earlobes with a possible connection to coronary heart disease in males. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flexion crease | A permanent crease in the skin on the flexor aspect of a movable joint. (05 Mar 2000) |