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▪ I. Wilson1 Path.|ˈwɪlsən| [The name of S. A. Kinnier Wilson (1878–1937), English neurologist.] Wilson's disease: = hepato-lenticular degeneration s.v. hepato-.
1915Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 3) 1032/2 Wilson's disease, progressive degeneration of the lenticular nucleus, occurring as a familial disease associated with cirrhosis of the liver. 1919Arch. Internal Med. XXIV. 497 (heading) Progressive lenticular degeneration associated with cirrhosis of the liver (Wilson's disease). 1978Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Nov. 1384/2 Though originally described as a neurological disorder with associated cirrhosis, we now recognise hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease) as a copper storage disorder in which other tissues become affected as the excess copper is released from the liver. ▪ II. Wilson2 Physics.|ˈwɪlsən| The name of C. T. R. Wilson (1869–1959), Scottish physicist, used attrib. and in the possessive to designate the cloud chamber (see cloud n. 12) invented by him.
1917Sci. Abstr. A. XX. 337 Wilson's condensation chamber..was still smaller than the author's small sphere. 1931Ann. Reg. 1930 59 Harkins and Smith took 39,000 photographs of the tracks of 390,000 α-particles in a Wilson cloud chamber containing nitrogen. 1961New Scientist 23 Feb. 474/2 The Wilson cloud chamber had done heroic work for many years in the examination of the tracks of particles, but its limitations in speed and scope were becoming increasingly apparent. |