plantar reflex

noun

1. a normal reflex flexion of the toes, especially in persons above one year of age, resulting from stroking the sole of the foot.

Example Sentences

The knee-jerks and plantar reflexes are exaggerated, and there is marked ankle clonus.

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The left plantar reflex was absent, the right slight, the left patellar reflex was abnormally brisk.

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At times some hyperæsthesia of the soles was noted, and the plantar reflex was very brisk.

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