Argyll Robertson pupils
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837–1909), a Scottish ophthalmologist and surgeon, who described the condition in the mid-1860s in the context of neurosyphilis.
Noun[edit]
Argyll Robertson pupils (uncountable)
- (pathology) Pupils which narrow to track an object as it approaches the face, but which will not narrow in reaction to increased light ("accommodating, but not reactive"); a symptom of the neurosyphilis stage syphilis infection.
Synonyms[edit]
- whore's eyes (slang)