Etymology

Horner's syndrome

Today it means: A disorder of the sympathetic nervous system, characterized by ptosis of the eyelid accompanied by miosis. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Johann Friedrich Horner, the Swiss ophthalmologist who first described the syndrome in 1869.

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