See Also: Westphal's pupillary reflex(medicine)
Bayle's disease(medicine)
Westphal's disease(medicine)
Strumpell-Westphal disease(medicine)
Bayle, Pierre(encyclopedia)
Bayle, Antoine(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Westphal's sign(medicine)
Westphal, Karl(medicine)
Westphal-Erb sign(medicine)

Westphal's pupillary reflex (medicine) and Bayle's disease (medicine)


Westphal's pupillary reflex (medicine)


Westphal's pupillary reflex -->
eye-closure pupil reaction


A constriction of both pupils when an effort is made to close eyelids forcibly held apart. A variant of the pupil response to near vision.

Synonym: Galassi's pupillary phenomenon, Gifford's reflex, lid-closure reaction, orbicularis phenomenon, orbicularis pupillary reflex, Piltz sign, Westphal's pupillary reflex, Westphal-Piltz phenomenon.


Bayle's disease (medicine)


Bayle's disease -->
paresis
<neurology> Slight or incomplete paralysis.

Origin: Gr. = relaxation