Babinski effect

Babinski reflex

noun

physiol the reflex curling upwards of the toes (instead of inwards) when the sole of the foot is stroked, normal in infants below the age of two but a pathological condition in adults

Word Origin for Babinski effect

after Joseph Babinski (1857–1932), French neuropathologist

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