Definition of Barany

1. Noun. Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936).

Exact synonyms: Robert Barany
Generic synonyms: Doc, Doctor, Dr., Md, Medico, Physician

Medical Definition of Barany

1. Robert, Austrian-Hungarian otologist and Nobel laureate, 1876-1936. See: Barany's sign, Barany's caloric test, positional vertigo of Barany. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Barany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Therapeutic Gazette (1917)
"While we should not be stinting in our praise of barany as a pathfinder, ... The barany reaction cannot by any means be considered infallible, but I believe ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"The barany method as an aid to cerebellar localization. The differential diagnosis between cerebellar and vestibular lesions. ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"POINTING TESTS OF barany Graefe first found that in ocular paresis when a ... barany deserves the credit of describing an objective test for the notion of ..."

4. Neurological Bulletin by Frederick Tilney, Columbia University, Dept. of Neurology (1919)
"This is what barany termed "spontaneous deviation. ... barany, employing this means of investigation, which he supplemented by much clinico- pathological ..."

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