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Medical Definition of Rosenbach's law
1. In affections of the nerve trunks or nerve centres, paralysis of the flexor muscles appears later than that of the extensors, in cases of abnormal stimulation of organs with rhythmical functional periodicity, there is often a grouping of the individual acts with corresponding lengthening of the pauses, in such a way that the proportion of total rest and activity remains nearly the same. (05 Mar 2000)