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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.
Generic synonyms: Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Babinski Sign
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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