Argyll Robertson pupil

English Etymology Named after Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837–1909), a Scottish ophthalmologist and surgeon, who described the condition in the mid-1860s. Noun en ophthalmology pathology A sign of neurosyphilis in which a bilateral small pupil of the eye reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light. en AR pupil prostitute's pupil Translations a bilateral small pupil of the eye that reduces in size when the patient focuses on a near object but does not constrict when exposed to bright light Italian: it segno di Argyll Robertson m Portuguese: pt pupila de Argyll Robertson f en eponyms