Definition of Babinski sign

1. Noun. Extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Babinski Sign

Babesia canis
Babesia divergens
Babesia equi
Babesia felis
Babesia gibsoni
Babesia microti
Babesia motasi
Babesia ovis
Babesia trautmanni
Babesiidae
Babinski
Babinski's phenomenon
Babinski's sign
Babinski's syndrome
Babinski reflex
Babinski sign (current term)
Babism
Babist
Babists
Babouvist
Babouvists
Babs
Babungo
Babuza
Baby Bell
Baby Bells
Baby Doc
Babygro
Babylon
Babylonia

Literary usage of Babinski sign

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diagnosis and treatment of brain injuries with and without a fracture of the by William Sharpe (1920)
"... Babinski sign will persist on the side or the body opposite the more damaged cerebral hemisphere, and gradually fade away upon the side of the body ..."

2. The Clinical Journal (1904)
"I of course know that the Babinski sign may result from a temporary disturbance in the functional condition of the pyramidal tract ; for instance, ..."

3. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1906)
"The days of discussion us to the value of the Babinski sign are passed ; its presence is an undoubted sign of organic disease,. Like ankle clonus, however, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Bilateral Babinski sign. Kernig sign, with dorsal flexion, on both sides, 180°. No clonus. March 9. Both ear-drums slightly reddened. ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1901)
"Instances of this kind are too few to materially impair the diagnostic value of the phenomenon ; indeed, detection of the Babinski sign in them should lead ..."

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