Medical Definition of Leg phenomenon

1. In tetany, spasm both of the extensor muscles of the knee and of the calf muscles when the extended leg is flexed at the hip. Synonym: leg phenomenon, Pool-Schlesinger sign, Schlesinger's sign. In tetany, contraction of the arm muscles following the stretching of the brachial plexus by elevation of the arm above the head with the forearm extended, resembles the contraction resulting from stimulation of the ulnar nerve. Synonym: arm phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leg Phenomenon

legworks
leg bone
leg bones
leg covering
leg curl
leg curling
leg dermatoses
leg exercise
leg extensor
leg injuries
leg it
leg length inequality
leg lift
leg of antihelix
leg of lamb
leg phenomenon (current term)
leg ulcer
Lehar
lehayim
lehayims
Lehigh River
lehr
lehrs
lehua
lehuas
lei
Leibnitz
Leibnitzian
Leibniz
Leibnizian

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