- Gerdy fibers
- the fibers of the superficial ligament connecting the clefts of the palmar surfaces of the fingers.
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Gerdy fibers etc. — Ger·dy fibers, etc. (zher deґ) [Pierre Nicholas Gerdy, French surgeon, 1797–1856] see under fiber, fontanelle, loop, ligament, and tubercle … Medical dictionary
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Pierre Nicolas Gerdy — (May 1, 1797 March 18, 1856) was a French physician who was a native of Loches. He was a professor with the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, and worked with the greatest Parisian surgeons of the early and mid 19th century, including Jacques Lisfranc … Wikipedia
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