Medical Terminology For Dummies. Beverley Henderson

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      ✔ Apgar score: Named after Virginia Apgar, American anesthesiologist (1909–1974). A numbering expressing the condition of a newborn infant at 1 minute of age and again at 5 minutes.

      ✔ Alzheimer’s disease: Named for Alois Alzheimer, a German neurologist (1864–1915). A progressive degenerative disease of the brain.

      ✔ Cushing’s syndrome: Named for Harvey Williams Cushing, American surgeon (1869–1939). A complex of symptoms caused by hyperactivity of the adrenal cortex.

      ✔ Down syndrome: Named after John Haydon Down, English physician (1828–1896). A chromosomal disorder, also called trisomy 21, formerly called mongolism.

      ✔ Gleason grade: Named for Donald Gleason, American pathologist (1920–2008). A rating of prostate cancer assigning scores of 1–5 for degrees of primary and secondary growth.

      ✔ Hodgkin’s disease: A form of malignant lymphoma. Named for Thomas Hodgkin, an English physician (1798–1866).

      ✔ Homans’ sign: Named for John Homans, American surgeon (1877–1954). Pain on dorsiflexion of the foot; a sign of thrombosis of deep veins of the calf.

      ✔ Ligament of Treitz: Located in the intestinal tract. Named after Wenzel Treitz, a Czech physician (1819–1872).

      ✔ Lyme disease: A multisystemic disorder transmitted by ticks. Named after a place, Old Lyme, Connecticut, where the disease was first reported in 1975.

      ✔ Peyronie’s disease: Named for Francois de la Peyronie, a French surgeon (1678–1747). It means a deformity or curvature of the penis caused by fibrous tissue within the tunica albuginea. When distortion of the penis is severe it causes erectile dysfunction or severe pain during intercourse.

      ✔ Parkinson’s disease: Named for James Parkinson, English physician (1755–1824). A group of neurological disorders including tremors and muscular rigidity.