| miller fisher syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by total external ophthalmoplegia, cerebellar ataxia, and loss of tendon reflexes. Early symptoms include fever, headache, and pneumonia. They are followed by facial paralysis, diplopia, and paresthesia of the arms and trunk. It is sometimes viewed as a variant of guillain-barre syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Fisher, Miller | <person> U.S. Neurologist, *1910. See: Fisher's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Fisher's syndrome | <syndrome> A syndrome characterised by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia; a form of polyneuroradiculitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Galtonian-Fisher genetics | The genetics of measurable traits determined by multiple loci which make contributions that are independent, additive, and approximately equal. Synonym: multilocal genetics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| miller | 1. One who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill. 2. A milling machine. 3. <zoology> A moth or lepidopterous insect; so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller. The eagle ray. The hen harrier. Miller's thumb. <zoology> A small fresh water fish of the genus Uranidea (formerly Cottus), as the European species (U. Gobio), and the American (U. Gracilis); called also bullhead. A small bird, as the gold-crest, chiff-chaff, and long-tailed tit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Miller-Abbott tube | A tube with two lumens, one ending in a small collapsible balloon and the other in a metallic tip with numerous perforations; used for intestinal decompression. Synonym: Abbott's tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| miller's asthma | Asthma caused by flour or grain allergens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Miller's chemicoparasitic theory | That dental caries is caused by microorganisms of the mouth fermenting dietary carbohydrates and producing acids that demineralise the teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Miller, Thomas Grier | <person> U.S. Physician, *1886. See: Miller-Abbott tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Miller, Willoughby | <person> U.S. Dentist, 1853-1907. See: Miller's chemicoparasitic theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| test, fisher's exact | A statistical test of independence much used in medical research. It tests the independence of rows and columns in a 2 x 2 contingency table (with 2 horizontal rows crossing 2 vertical columns creating 4 places for data) based on the exact sampling distribution of the observed frequencies. Hence it is an exact test. Devised by the great british statistician r. A. Fisher (1890-1962). (12 Dec 1998) |
| fisher | 1. One who fishes. 2. <zoology> A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the "black cat." Origin: AS. Fiscere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Fisher, Ronald | <person> British medical statistician and geneticist, 1890-1962; invented many statistical tests. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fisher's exact test | A statistical test of independence much used in medical research. It tests the independence of rows and columns in a 2 X 2 contingency table (with 2 horizontal rows crossing 2 vertical columns creating 4 places for data) based on the exact sampling distribution of the observed frequencies. Hence it is an exact test. Devised by the British geneticist and biostatistician R. A. Fisher (1890-1962). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Aarskog-Scott syndrome | A syndrome of ocular hypertelorism, anteverted nostrils, broad upper lip, saddle-bag scrotum, and laxity of ligaments resulting in genu recurvatum, flat feet, and hyperextensible fingers; X-linked and autosomal dominant forms. Synonym: Aarskog-Scott syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aarskog syndrome | <syndrome> Grier et al. (1983) reported father and 2 sons with typical Aarskog syndrome, including short stature, hypertelorism, and shawl scrotum. They tabulated the findings in 82 previous cases. X-linked recessive inheritance has been repeatedly suggested. The family reported by Welch (1974) had affected males in 3 consecutive generations. Thus, there is either genetic heterogeneity or this is an autosomal dominant with strong sex-influence and possibly ascertainment bias resulting from use of the shawl scrotum as a main criterion. Stretchable skin was present in the cases of Grier et al. (1983). Teebi et al. (1993) reported the case of an affected mother and 4 sons (including a pair of monozygotic twins) by 2 different husbands. They suggested that the manifestations were as severe in the mother as in the sons and that this suggested autosomal dominant inheritance. Actually, the mother seemed less severely affected, compatible with X-linked inheritance. Clinical signs: Mild to moderate short stature,normocephaly, Widow's peak hair, maxillary hypoplasia, broad nasal bridge, anteverted nostrils, long philtrum, broad upper lip, curved linear dimple below the lower lip, hypertelorism, ptosis, down-slanted palpebral fissures, ophthalmoplegia, strabismus, hyperopic astigmatism, large cornea, floppy ears, lop-ears,cleft lip/palate, shawl scrotum, saddle-bag scrotum, cryptorchidism, brachydactyly, digital contractures, clinodactyly, mild syndactyly, transverse palmar crease, lymphoedema of the feet, ligamentous laxity, osteochondritis dissecans, proximal finger joint hyperextensibility, flexed distal finger joints, genu recurvatum, flat feet, stretchable skin, cervical spine hypermobility, odontoid anomaly, macrocytic anaemia, hemochromatosis, hepatomegaly, portal cirrhosis, imperforate anus, rectoperineal fistula, interstitial pulmonary disease, sternal deformity. Inheritance: Sex-influenced autosomal dominant form, also X-linked form. (05 Aug 1998) |