See Also: Westphal's pupillary reflex(medicine)
pupillary reflex(medicine)
reflex, pupillary(medicine)
skin-pupillary reflex(medicine)
white pupillary reflex(medicine)
paradoxical pupillary reflex(medicine)
pupillary-skin reflex(medicine)
orbicularis pupillary reflex(medicine)
Westphal-Erb sign(medicine)
Westphal's disease(medicine)

atterrate (iou) and Westphal's pupillary reflex (medicine)


atterrate (iou)



atterrate verb trans.L17-M18.
[Italian atterrare, from a to + terra earth: see -ATE3.]
Fill up with (esp. alluvial) earth.
atterration noun L17-M18.

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.