| horner | 1. One who works or deal in horn or horns. 2. One who winds or blows the horn. 3. One who horns or cuckolds. 4. <zoology> The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| horner syndrome | <syndrome> A complex of abnormal findings, namely sinking in of one eyeball, ipsilateral ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid on the same side) and miosis (constriction of the pupil of that eye) together with anhidosis (lack of sweating) and flushing of the affected side of the face. Due to paralysis of certain nerves (specifically, the cervical sympathetic nerves). Also called horner-bernard syndrome, bernard syndrome, bernard-horner syndrome and horner's ptosis (but best known as horner syndrome). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Horner's muscle | <anatomy> See: orbicularis oculi muscle. Synonym: pars lacrimalis musculi orbicularis oculi, Duverney's muscle, Horner's muscle, musculus tensor tarsi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Horner's pupil | Constricted pupil due to impairment of sympathetic nerve innervation of the dilator muscle of the pupil. See: Horner's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Horner's syndrome | <syndrome> A nerve condition which involves a dropping eyelid (ptosis), constricted pupil, enophthalmos and lack of sweating on one side of the face. Often seen in association with injury (for example neck fracture, penetrating injury) to the cervical sympathetic nerve trunk in the neck or a Pancoast tumour involving both the upper and lower brachial plexus. (29 Sep 1997) |
| Horner's teeth | Incisor teeth having a horizontal hypoplastic groove. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Horner, Johann | <person> Swiss ophthalmologist, 1831-1886. See: Horner's syndrome, Horner's pupil, Bernard-Horner syndrome, Horner-Trantas dots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Horner, William | <person> U.S. Anatomist, 1793-1853. See: Horner's muscle, Horner's teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Horner-Trantas dots | Evanescent white cellular infiltrates occurring in the bulbar form of vernal keratoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bernard-Horner syndrome | <syndrome> A nerve condition which involves a dropping eyelid (ptosis), constricted pupil, enophthalmos and lack of sweating on one side of the face. Often seen in association with injury (for example neck fracture, penetrating injury) to the cervical sympathetic nerve trunk in the neck or a Pancoast tumour involving both the upper and lower brachial plexus. (29 Sep 1997) |
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| syndrome, horner | A complex of abnormal findings, namely sinking in of one eyeball, ipsilateral ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid on the same side) and miosis (constriction of the pupil of that eye) together with anhidosis (lack of sweating) and flushing of the affected side of the face. Due to paralysis of certain nerves (specifically, the cervical sympathetic nerves). Also called horner-bernard syndrome, bernard syndrome, bernard-horner syndrome and horner's ptosis but far and away best known as horner syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |