List of synonyms from "knavishness" to synonyms from "knew backwards forwards"
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Definition of the day : « knee-jerks »
- As in reaction : noun response
- As in gut reaction : noun immediate response
- As in spontaneous reaction : noun unthought-out response
- Diminution of the knee-jerks was noticed, with what seemed to be an extensor response.
- Extract from : « Tics and Their Treatment » by Henry Meigne
- The superficial reflexes disappear early on both sides; the abdominal reflexes being lost sooner than the knee-jerks.
- Extract from : « Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. » by Alexander Miles
- The knee-jerks and plantar reflexes are exaggerated, and there is marked ankle clonus.
- Extract from : « Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. » by Alexander Miles
- Knee-jerks and muscle-jerks increased, especially on left; ankle-clonus; very slight loss of touch-acuity in lower half of body.
- Extract from : « Fat and Blood » by S. Weir Mitchell