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noun
A sign of neurosyphilis in which a bilateral small pupil of the eye reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: AR pupil, prostitute's pupil
Antonyms: none provided
History
Named after Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837–1909), a Scottish ophthalmologist and surgeon, who described the condition in the mid-1860s.
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