| Hill's sign | <clinical sign> In aortic insufficiency, greater systolic blood pressure in the legs than in the arms; normal arterial systolic pressure in the leg is 10 to 20 mm of Hg above that in the arm, whereas in aortic insufficiency the difference may be 60 to 100 mm of Hg. Synonym: Hill's phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Abbe, Robert | <person> U.S. Surgeon, 1851-1928. See: Abbe flap, Abbe operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Abrahams, Robert | <person> U.S. Physician, 1861-1935. See: Abrahams' sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Adams, Robert | <person> Irish physician, 1791-1875. See: Adams-Stokes disease, Stokes-Adams disease, Adams-Stokes syncope, Adams-Stokes syndrome, Stokes-Adams syndrome, Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aird, Robert | <person> U.S. Neurologist, *1903. See: Flynn-Aird syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aldrich, Robert Anderson | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, *1917. See: Aldrich syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barnes, Robert | <person> British obstetrician, 1817-1907. See: Barnes' curve, Barnes' zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bensley, Robert | <person> U.S.-Canadian anatomist, 1867-1956. See: Bensley's specific granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bing, Paul Robert | <person> German neurologist, 1878-1956. See: Bing's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Brown, Robert | <person> English botanist, 1773-1858. See: brownian motion, brownian movement, brownian-Zsigmondy movement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bunsen, Robert | <person> German chemist and physicist, 1811-1899. See: Bunsen burner, Bunsen's solubility coefficient, Bunsen-Roscoe law. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Meadows, William Robert | <person> U.S. Cardiologist, *1919. See: Meadows' syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reid, Robert | <person> Scottish anatomist, 1851-1939. See: Reid's base line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Remak, Robert | <person> Polish-German anatomist and histologist, 1815-1865. See: Remak's nuclear division, Remak's fibres, Remak's ganglia, Remak's plexus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Goltz, Robert | <person> U.S. Dermatologist, *1923. See: Goltz syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |