c. sherrington

Sher·ring·ton

[sher-ing-tuhn]
noun
Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1932.
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Sherrington (ˈʃɛrɪŋtən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Sir Charles Scott. 1857--1952, English physiologist, noted for his work on reflex action, published in The Integrative Action of the Nervous System (1906): shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine with Adrian (1932)

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Sherrington Sher·ring·ton (shěr'ĭng-tən), Sir Charles Scott. 1857-1952.

British neurologist. He shared a 1932 Nobel Prize for advances in the understanding of the function of the neuron.

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