helen adams keller

Kel·ler   (kěl'ər)    American memoirist and lecturer. Blind and deaf since infancy, she learned to read, write, and speak from her teacher Anne Sullivan, was graduated from Radcliffe (1904), and lectured widely on behalf of sightless people. Her books include Out of the Dark (1913).

Main Entry: Kel·ler
Pronunciation: 'kel-&r
Function: adjective
: relating to or being an operation to correct hallux valgus by excision of theproximal part of the proximal phalanx of the big toe with resulting shortening of the toe <Keller procedure> <Keller arthroplasty>
Keller, William Lorden(1874–1959), American surgeon. Keller was an army surgeon who developed a number of new surgical procedures. He devised operations for hallux valgus (1904), varicose veins (1905), chronicempyema (1922), recurrent dislocation of the shoulder (1925), and stricture of the rectum and anus (1933) caused by contracture of the muscles around their circumference.