Stellwagn.
/ˈstɛlvaɡ/ Medicine.
Stellwag's sign n. Originally: retraction of the upper eyelid in thyrotoxicosis (called also Dalrymple's sign). Now often applied to the diminished blinking that normally accompanies it.
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1887 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Mar. 680/1 A married woman, aged 32, with marked retraction of the left upper eyelid (Stellwag's sign), no proptosis, and no goître.
1907 Practitioner Nov. 733 [In exophthalmic goitre] the margins of the eyelids are unduly separated (Dalrymple's sign); the upper lid tardily follows the eyeball in its downward movements (von Graef[e]'s sign); there is diminished frequency of winking (Stellwag's sign).
1950 R. I. Pritikin Essent. Ophthalmol. vii. 321 Stellwag's sign—infrequent winking.
1973 R. S. Dillon Handbk. Endocrinol. vi. 248/1 ‘Stellwag's sign’ is retraction of the upper eyelids producing apparent widening of the palpebral opening associated with infrequent and incomplete blinking.
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