Hutchinsonn.
/ˈhʌtʃɪnsən/ Used in the possessive (and also attributively) to designate various diseases, diagnostic signs, etc.
a. Hutchinson tooth n. (also Hutchinson's tooth) (the condition of having) a permanent incisor tooth, often in the middle of the upper set, with a narrow, notched biting edge, found chiefly in children with congenital syphilis; usually plural.
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1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. I. 656/1 Hutchinson's teeth.
1906 Dental Rev. Jan. 12 I have seen several cases of typical Hutchinson teeth that were certainly in no way connected with a syphilitic taint.
1908 Practitioner Jan. 5 He had well-marked Hutchinson's teeth.
1949 H. T. Karsner Human Pathol. (ed. 7) xvi. 547/2 The Hutchinson tooth has normal width at the gum line with sides tapering to an incisal edge of diminished mesiodistal dimensions.
b. Hutchinson's triad n. a rare triad comprising Hutchinson's teeth, interstitial keratitis, and eighth-nerve deafness, diagnostic of congenital syphilis.
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1908 E. L. Keyes Syphilis xxxvi. 533 Hutchinson's triad, consisting of dental, ocular, and auditory stigmata.
1968 A. J. Rook et al. Textbk. Dermatol. I. xxii. 704/2 Interstitial keratitis, Hutchinson's teeth and eighth-nerve deafness form ‘Hutchinson's triad’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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