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gowers's tract — ˈgau̇(ə)rz(ə̇z) noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: after Sir William R. Gowers died 1915 English neurologist : a crescent shaped tract of fibers in the anterior lateral part of the spinal cord … Useful english dictionary
tract of Gowers — n SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT (b) W. R. Gowers see GOWERS S TRACT … Medical dictionary
tract — An elongated area, e.g., path, track, way. SEE ALSO: fascicle. SYN: tractus. [L. tractus, a drawing out] alimentary t. SYN: digestive t.. anterior corticospinal t. uncrossed fibers forming a small bundle in the anterior funiculus of the … Medical dictionary
Gowers tract (column fasciculus) etc. — Gow·ers tract (column, fasciculus), etc. (gouґərz) [Sir William Richard Gowers, English neurologist, 1845–1915] see under sign and solution, see tractus spinocerebellaris anterior, and see vasovagal syncope, under syncope … Medical dictionary
Gowers — Sir William R., English neurologist, 1845–1915. See G. column, G. contraction, G. disease, G. syndrome, G. tract … Medical dictionary
spinocerebellar tract — n any of four nerve tracts which pass from the spinal cord to the cerebellum and of which two are situated on each side external to the crossed corticospinal tracts: a) a posterior tract on each side that arises from cells in the nucleus dorsalis … Medical dictionary
Gowers tract — tractus spinocerebellaris anterior … Medical dictionary
Ventral spinocerebellar tract — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = tractus spinocerebellaris anterior, tractus spinocerebellaris ventralis GraySubject = 185 GrayPage = 761 Caption = Ventral spinocerebellar tract is 4b, in blue at right. Caption2 = Diagram of the principal… … Wikipedia
William Richard Gowers — The Gowers tract (tractus spinocerebellaris anterior) is named after him.Sir William Richard Gowers, neurologist, paediatrician, researcher and artist, drew this illustration in 1886 as part of his documentation of Parkinson s Disease. The image… … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
