Argyll Robertson pupil

noun

Etymology

Named after Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837–1909), a Scottish ophthalmologist and surgeon, who described the condition in the mid-1860s.

Definitions

  1. A sign of neurosyphilis in which a bilateral small pupil of the eye reduces in size when…

    A sign of neurosyphilis in which a bilateral small pupil of the eye reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light.

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