Gowers's tract

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Gow·ers's tract

noun \ˈga-ərz(-əz)-\

Definition of GOWERS'S TRACT

Biographical Note for GOWERS'S TRACT

Gowers, Sir William Richard (1845–1915), British neurologist. Gowers was one of the founders of modern neurology. Early in his career he became interested in the anatomical pathology and diseases of the spinal cord. In 1880 he published a work on diseases of the spinal cord in which he described the tract that now bears his name.

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