Medical Definition of Magnet reaction

1. A reaction seen in an animal deprived of its cerebellum; when the animal is placed upon its back and the head strongly flexed, the four limbs become flexed in all their joints. Due to stimulation of receptors in the deep layers of the skin, light pressure made upon a toe-pad with the finger causes reflex contraction of the limb extensors; the limb is thus pressed gently against the finger, and when the finger is withdrawn slightly, the experimenter has the sensation that his finger is raising the limb or drawing it out as by a magnet. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnet Reaction

magnesium salicylate
magnesium silicate
magnesium silicates
magnesium stearate
magnesium sulfate
magnesium sulfates
magnesium sulfide
magnesium sulphate
magnesium sulphide
magnesium trisilicate
magnesium wire
magnesiumlike
magnesiums
magnet
magnet-
magnet reaction (current term)
magnet reflex
magnet school
magnetabsorption
magnetar
magnetars
magnetelastic
magnetelectrical
magnetencephalographies
magnetencephalography
magnetic
magnetic North Pole
magnetic anisotropy
magnetic attraction
magnetic axis

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