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Peyer's patch(dictionary)
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Peyer's(medicine)
Peyer's glands(medicine)
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Peyer's Patches(health)
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Westphal's disease(medicine)

Westphal's phenomenon (medicine) and Peyer's patch (iou)


Westphal's phenomenon (medicine)


Westphal's phenomenon -->
Erb-Westphal sign
<clinical sign> Abolition of the patellar tendon reflex, in tabes and certain Other diseases of the spinal cord, and occasionally also in brain disease.

Synonym: Erb sign, Westphal's phenomenon, Westphal's sign, Westphal-Erb sign.


Peyer's patch (iou)



Peyer's patch noun phr. M19.
[from J. K. Peyer (1653-1712), Swiss anatomist.]
Anatomy. Any of numerous areas of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the small intestine which are involved in the development of immunity to antigens present there. Usu. in pl.
Peyerian adjective (now rare) M19.