Ba|bin|ski's reflex

Ba|bin|ski's reflex
Ba|bin|ski's reflex «buh BIHN skeez»,
a reflex in which the big toe turns up, instead of curling under, when the sole of the foot is stroked. The abnormal reaction usually indicates a brain lesion.
[< Joseph F. F. Babinski, 1857-1932, a French neurologist born in Poland, who first noted it]

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