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Argyll Robertson|ɑːˈgaɪl ˈrɒbətsən|
The name of a Scottish physician (1837–1909) applied attrib. to a pupil of the eye which fails to contract in response to light, but contracts on accommodation to near distance.
1881J. H. Jackson in Trans. Ophthalmol. Soc. 1880 I. 149 The common condition described is what is called the Argyll Robertson pupil; the pupil does not act to light and does act during accommodation. 1908Practitioner Jan. 11 The existence of a sluggish reaction to light, or the Argyll-Robertson pupil inactive to light while active to accommodation, would be certain evidence in favour of general paralysis. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVI. 855/2 In 1869 Argyll Robertson discovered that the eye-pupil [in cases of locomotor ataxia] is inactive to light but acts upon accommodation in the great majority of cases. This most important sign is named the ‘Argyll Robertson pupil’. |