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Leber Ophthalm.|ˈleɪbə(r)|
The name of Theodor Leber (1840–1917), German ophthalmologist, used in the possessive esp. in Leber's disease, hereditary optic atrophy, a rare hereditary disease in which partial blindness in both eyes sets in rapidly, typically affecting young men; also called Leber's (hereditary optic) atrophy.
1890Billings Med. Dict. II. 41/2 Leber's disease, hereditary optic atrophy. 1902Encycl. Medica X. 358 Possibly the family cases known as Leber's atrophy may come under this heading. 1932Times Lit. Suppl. 5 May 334/4 The theoretical analysis is applied to statistics of albinism, colour blindness, haemophilia and Leber's disease. 1952C. P. Blacker Eugenics x. 248 Among these genes [located on the human sex chromosomes] are those believed to determine:..Leber's optic atrophy, a progressive form of blindness. 1971Duke-Elder & Scott in S. Duke-Elder Syst. Ophthalm. XII. ii. 108 Leber's hereditary optic atrophy is a relatively rare condition of unknown ætiology. Ibid., In the main Leber's disease is hereditary. |