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Brown-Séquard_syndrome

Brown-Séquard syndrome

English

Noun

Brown-Séquard syndrome ‎(uncountable)

  1. A loss of sensation and motor function caused by the lateral hemisection of the spinal cord.

Etymology

Named after physiologist Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, who first described the condition in 1850.

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