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Babinski effect Definition


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Babinski reflex
Babinski effect
noun
    1. physiol.
      A reflex curling upwards of the big toe when the outer side of the foot is stroked, normal in children up to two years of age.
Etymology: 20c: named after the French neurologist Joseph Babinski (1857‐1932).



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