BABINSKI REFLEX


Meaning of BABINSKI REFLEX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bə-ˈbin(t)-skē- ]

noun

Etymology: J.F.F. Babinski died 1932 French neurologist

Date: 1900

: a reflex movement in which when the sole is tickled the big toe turns upward instead of downward and which is normal in infancy but indicates damage to the central nervous system (as in the pyramidal tracts) later in life — called also Babinski sign, Ba·bin·ski's reflex -skēz-

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