Usher, Charles Howard (1865–1942), British ophthalmologist. Usher published his description of Usher's syndrome in a 1914 article reporting on some cases of inherited retinitis pigmentosa.
Medical Dictionary
Usher's syndrome
noun Ush·er's syndrome \ˈəsh-ərz-\
Medical Definition of USHER'S SYNDROME
: a genetic disease that is characterized by congenital deafness or progressive hearing loss during childhood and by retinitis pigmentosa and that is inherited chiefly as an autosomal recessive trait
Biographical Note for USHER'S SYNDROME
Variants of USHER'S SYNDROME
Ush·er's syndrome also Ush·er syndrome \-ər-\
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