Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Lis·sau·er's tract Pronunciation:
'lis-au-&rz- Function:
noun : DORSOLATERAL TRACT Lissauer, Heinrich (1861–1891), German neurologist. Lissauer published a description of the dorsolateral tract in the spinal cordin 1885. He died before he could publish his observations on an atypical general paresis marked by aphasia, convulsions, and monoplegia. His description was published posthumously in 1901.