释义 |
Hurler2|ˈhɜːlə(r)| The name of Gertrud Hurler, German pædiatrician (qualified 1894), used in the possessive (and also attrib.) in Hurler('s) disease, Hurler syndrome = gargoylism 2.
1937W. R. Ashby et al. in Brain LX. 175 We share the dislike of many workers for eponymous titles, but since the other four diseases in this group have..been designated by the names of those writers who have contributed largely to their elucidation, we consider that at this juncture it would be inadvisable to depart from this practice. We suggest, therefore, in place of the title ‘Gargoylism’ the title ‘Hurler's disease’. 1938Jrnl. Pediatrics XII. 579 (heading) Hurler's syndrome (gargoylism). 1970Cohen & Cathcart in Keefer & Wilkins Medicine xxxv. 687 (heading) Hurler syndrome (gargoylism). Ibid., The two clinical forms of Hurler's disease (one an autosomal recessive and the other a sex-linked recessive) are currently being related more specifically to these mucopolysaccharide abnormalities. |