babinski

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsBabinski reflexBabinski sign

   Broaderreflex

Other forms of babinski

plural

babinskis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about babinski

What does babinski mean?

babinski means "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".

How many syllables are in babinski?

babinski has 3 syllables: ba-bin-ski. The stress falls on "bin". In IPA it is /bəˈbɪnski/.

What is another word for babinski?

Close synonyms include Babinski reflex, Babinski sign. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is babinski a common word?

babinski is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.