Medical Definition of Sherrington phenomenon

1. After the muscles of the leg have been deprived of their motor innervation by sectioning the ventral roots containing fibres for the sciatic nerve, and allowing time for the degeneration of the fibres to occur, stimulation of the sciatic nerve causes slow contraction of the muscles. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sherrington Phenomenon

sherifs
sherlock
sherlocks
Sherlock Holmes
Sherman
Sherman-Bourquin unit of vitamin B2
Sherman-Munsell unit
Sherman unit
sheroot
sheroots
Sherpa
sherpas
sherries
Sherrington
Sherrington's law
Sherrington phenomenon
sherris
sherrises
sherry
sherry wine
sherwani
sherwanis
Sherwood
Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Forest
shes
shet
Shetland
shetlands
Shetland Islands

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