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Meige, n.
Brit. |ˈmʌɪgə|, |meɪdʒ|, U.S. |ˈmaɪgə|, |meɪdʒ|
[‹ the name of Henri Meige, French neurologist (1866–1940), who described the two disorders (1898, in Presse Médicale 6 341 and 1910, in Rev. Neurol. Paris 2 437 respectively).]
1. attrib. and in the genitive. Designating a familial (autosomal dominant) form of lymphoedema, typically developing around the time of puberty and affecting the legs. Esp. in Meige disease. Cf. Milroy's disease n.
[1950Acta Medica Scandinavica 137198 (title) Chronic hereditary lymphedema (Nonne–Milroy–Meige's disease).] 1950Acta Medica Scandinavica 137208 Chronic hereditary edema is usually divided into 2 groups: (1) congenital edema of the Nonne–Milroy type, and (2) late or tardive edema of the Meige type. 1962Amer. Jrnl. Med. 32 651/1 It is the purpose of this paper to report a case of familial lymphedema of the Meige's type. 1962H. O. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 7) xxviii. 307 Hereditary oedema of the legs. (Milroy's disease; Meige's disease). 1983Cleft Palate Jrnl. 20 151 Meige disease (familial lymphedema praecox) and cleft palate: report of a family and review of the literature. 1998European Jrnl. Dermatol. 8 511 Lymphangiosarcoma can exceptionally arise in congenital hereditary lymphedema (Milroy's syndrome and Meige's syndrome).
2. attrib. and in the genitive. Designating a neurological disorder characterized by blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia (spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the eyelids, mouth, tongue, and jaw), typically beginning in or beyond middle age. Esp. in Meige's syndrome.
1972Geriatrics 27 69 One of the many movement disorders involving the face is Meige's syndrome, so termed in this report in recognition of Meige's early description. 1986Jrnl. Otolaryngol. 15 306 Essential blepharospasm is considered to be an incomplete form of Meige dystonic syndrome. 1990Functional Neurol. 5 165 Meige's disease is a form of focal dystonia characterized by symmetric dystonic spasms of facial muscles, sometimes associated with dystonic movements of other midline muscle groups. 2001Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (Nexis) 23 Apr. 27 Meige's syndrome affects not only the eyelids but also cheek and neck muscles. |