a familial condition thought to be an autosomal recessive trait in which deafness is associated with defects in central vision. Also called Amalric’s syndrome; deaf mutism–retinal degeneration syndrome. [described in 1959 by Nicolaos Pindaros Diallinas, Greek ophthalmologist, and in 1960 by Pierre Amalric (1923–1999), French ophthalmologist]