Leyden definition

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A German physician, 1832-1910.

See: Leyden's ataxia, Leyden's crystals, Leyden's neuritis, Leyden-Mobius muscular dystrophy.

(05 Mar 2000)

Preferred term: limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

<physics> A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.

(01 Mar 1998)

Preferred term: pseudotabes

Preferred term: charcot-Leyden crystals

Fatty degeneration of the fibres of the affected nerve.

(05 Mar 2000)