Sherrington

American  

[sher-ing-tuhn] / ˈʃɛr ɪŋ tən /

noun

1. Sir Charles Scott, 1861–1952, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1932.

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Sherrington British  

/ ˈʃɛrɪŋtən /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

His last fight was a knockout win over Les Sherrington in February 2020.

From Washington Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Downtown, an Australian flag hung at half-staff outside the house of Roger Sherrington.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

British neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington proposes the existence of nociceptors — specialized nerves that detect potentially harmful stimuli, such as extreme temperature.

From Nature • Jul. 12, 2016

"It is really good to look at ordinary and smaller places that are not landmarks but have incredible and interesting stories behind them", Sherrington told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2015

I stayed here, instead of going to Sherrington with Beattie and my guardian, because I wanted to hear a sermon this evening.

From In the Wilderness by Hichens, Robert Smythe