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From Latin īnferior (lower, below, inferior), rēctus (guided, right, straight) and from Ancient Greek μῦς (mouse, muscle)

From John Hageman (patient who was first discovered to have this), from Latin factor (doer, maker, performer, agent) and dēficientia (deficiency, want)

From Gustav Ludwig Tornwaldt (May 15, 1843 – November 21, 1910, German physician) and from Ancient Greek κύστις (anatomical sac, bladder)

From Latin ulna (elbow, arm) and vēna (vein, blood vessel)

From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (bull, ox), χολή (bile, gall) and from Latin acidus (acid, bitter, sour, harsh)

From Ancient Greek μικρός (little, small, short), from Latin albūmen (egg white) and from Ancient Greek οὖρον (urine)

From Latin chēmicus (chemist, related to alchemy or chemistry), from Ancient Greek πλευρά (side, rib) and δέσις (binding)

From Walter Schiller (December 3, 1887 – May 2, 1960, Austrian-American pathologist) and from Old French test (pot in which metals were tried)

From Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (suspender) and from Latin reflexus, perfect passive participle of reflectō (to turn or bend back/away, to reflect)

From Latin calcium, genitive of calx (of limes, limes, of limestones, limestones’) and from Ancient Greek τένων (tendon, sinew)

From Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (July 23, 1828 – June 23, 1913, British surgeon, ophthalmologist, venereologist and pathologist) and from Latin pūpilla (pupil, little girl, doll)

From Ancient Greek ἡλιοτρόπιον (heliotrope, that turns toward the sun [the rash is named after the flower for the similar colour])

From Ancient Greek γλυκύς (sweet) and ῥάχις (spine, ridge); from Latin cerebrum (brain, skull), spīnālis (spinal, of the spine), fluidus (liquid, fluid, flowing, moist, soft) and from Ancient Greek γλυκύς (sweet)

From Ancient Greek ἔνδον- (inside, within, internal) and μῦς (mouse, muscle)

From Ancient Greek ἄλφα or α (alpha, the first letter of Ancient Greek alphabet [because it was the first catenin to be identified]) and from Latin catēna (chain)

From Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (December 11, 1810 – May 2, 1857, French poet, dramatist and novelist [his brother noticed and described this symptom]) and from Latin signum (sign, mark, emblem, miracle)

From Latin hamatus (hooked, hook-shaped) and from Old English bān (bone)

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