Etymology

Romana's sign

Today it means: The unilateral painless periorbital swelling associated with the acute stage of Chagas' disease. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Argetine researcher Cecilio Romaña, who first described the phenomenon.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.