patellar reflex
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of patellar reflex
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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From Time Magazine Archive
While the reflexes were being tested he volunteered the information that his left patellar reflex was very much stronger than the right.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard
Facilitation of the patellar reflex or "knee jerk".
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
The left plantar reflex was absent, the right slight, the left patellar reflex was abnormally brisk.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry
The patient suffers severely from neuritis, and there may be early loss of patellar reflex.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
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