Horner's syndrome
English
Etymology
Named after Johann Friedrich Horner, the Swiss ophthalmologist who first described the syndrome in 1869.
Proper noun
Horner's syndrome
- A disorder of the sympathetic nervous system, characterized by ptosis of the eyelid accompanied by miosis.
Synonyms
- Bernard-Horner syndrome
- Claude Bernard syndrome
- Claude Bernard-Horner syndrome
- Horner syndrome
- oculosympathetic palsy