Adie's syndrome — Holmes Adie syndrome an abnormality of the pupils of the eyes, often affecting only one eye. The affected pupil is dilated and reacts slowly to light; the response on convergence of the eyes is also slow (see tonic pupil). One or more tendon… … The new mediacal dictionary
Adie syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = Adie syndrome Caption = DiseasesDB = 29742 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|379.46 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D015845 Adie syndrome, sometimes known as Holmes Adie s syndrome or Adie s Tonic… … Wikipedia
Adie's syndrome — Ad·ie s syndrome ā dēz or Ad·ie syn·drome dē n a neurologic syndrome that affects esp. women between 20 and 40 and is characterized by an abnormally dilated pupil, absent or diminished light reflexes of the eye, abnormal accommodation, and lack… … Medical dictionary
Pupil — The opening of the iris. The pupil may appear to open (dilate) and close (constrict) but it is really the iris that is the prime mover; the pupil is merely the absence of iris. The pupil determines how much light is let into the eye. Both pupils… … Medical dictionary
Adie syndrome — a syndrome consisting of a pathological pupil reaction (tonic pupil) with a myotonic condition on accommodation; the pupil on the affected side contracts (for near vision) and dilates more slowly than the pupil on the opposite side. In direct or… … Medical dictionary
Adie — William J., Australian physician, 1886–1935. See A. pupil, A. syndrome, Holmes A. pupil, Holmes A. syndrome … Medical dictionary
Holmes — Sir Gordon M., English neurologist, 1876–1965. See H. Adie pupil, H. Adie syndrome, Stewart H. sign. Oliver Wendell. American physician, 1809–1894, identified the mode of spread and control of puerperal fever, Thomas, U.S. psychiatrist, *1918.… … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Amblyopia — Classification and external resources ICD 10 H53.0 ICD 9 368.0 … Wikipedia
