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(helm'hōltz),Hermann L.F. von, German physician, physicist, and physiologist, 1821-1894. See: Helmholtz axis ligament, Helmholtz energy, Helmholtz theory of accommodation, Helmholtz theory of color vision, Helmholtz theory of hearing, Helmholtz-Gibbs theory, Gibbs-Helmholtz equation, Young-Helmholtz theory of color vision.