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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • 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

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  • If a person suffers from left lower extremity paralysis, an elevated left knee jerk reflex, left babinski sign? en Español

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  • SSS Thrombosis Meningitis Headache, fever, vomiting, confusion, seizure, weakness of both LL with bilateral babinski sign

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  • Clinical features of MS  Weakness of limbs (UMN type)  Loss of strength  Fatigue  Gait disturbance  Exercise induced weakness  Spasticity  Hyper reflexia  babinski

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