| turner | 1. One who turns; especially, one whose occupation is to form articles with a lathe. 2. <zoology> A variety of pigeon; a tumbler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Turner, George Grey | <person> English surgeon, 1877-1951. See: Grey Turner's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Turner, Henry | <person> U.S. Endocrinologist, 1892-1970. See: Turner's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Turner, Joseph | <person> English dentist, +1955. See: Turner's tooth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turner-kieser syndrome | <syndrome> See nail-patella syndrome (turner in 1933 described two families with the disease. The name turner is more closely associated with the xo syndrome). (12 Dec 1998) |
| Turner's sulcus | A horizontal sulcus extending back from the postcentral sulcus over some distance, then dividing perpendicularly into two branches so as to form, with the postcentral sulcus, a figure H. It divides the parietal lobe into superior and inferior parietal lobules. Synonym: sulcus intraparietalis, interparietal sulcus, intraparietal sulcus of Turner, Turner's sulcus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Turner's syndrome | <syndrome> A rare genetic disorder (1 in 3,000 births) in women that is characterised by the absence of an X chromosome. This disorder inhibits normal sexual development and causes infertility. Features include webbing of the neck, short stature, retarded development of secondary sex characteristics, absence of menses, coarctation of the aorta, low hairline, eye abnormalities (drooping eyelids) and skeletal deformities. Treatment include oestrogen supplementation at puberty. Growth hormone replacement may be necessary in some cases. Cardiac surgery may be necessary to correct coarctation of the aorta. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Turner's tooth | Enamel hypoplasia involving a solitary permanent tooth; related to infection in the primary tooth that preceded it or to trauma during odontogenesis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turner syndrome | <radiology> 45 XO female (or mosaic XO/XX), short stature, delayed skeletal maturation, osteoporosis, short 4th and 5th metacarpals, broad, shield chest, cardiovascular anomalies: present in 20%, 70% are coarctation, ovarian dysgenesis, kidneys: horseshoe kidney, bifid renal pelvis, cystic hygroma (12 Dec 1998) |
| Ballance, Sir Charles | <person> English surgeon, 1856-1936. See: Ballance's sign, Koerte-Ballance operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ball, Sir Charles | <person> Irish surgeon, 1851-1916. See: Ball's operation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Barlow, Sir Thomas | <person> British physician, 1845-1945. See: Barlow's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bell, Sir Charles | <person> Scottish surgeon, anatomist, and physiologist, 1774-1842. See: Bell's law, Bell-Magendie law, Bell's respiratory nerve, Bell's palsy, Bell's spasm, external respiratory nerve of Bell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Berry, Sir James | <person> Canadian surgeon, 1860-1946. See: Berry's ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Blagden, Sir Charles | <person> British physician, 1748-1820. See: Blagden's law. (05 Mar 2000) |