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Babinski

Definition: Babinski

Babinski

Noun

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Babinski" is a common misspelling or typo for: Babies, Babushka, Baby-sit, Cabins.

Synonyms: Babinski

Synonyms: Babinski reflex (n), Babinski sign (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Babinski

English words defined with "Babinski": Babinski reflex, Babinski sign. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Babinski": Reflex, Babinski. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Babinski

DomainTitle

Books

  • Babinski Reflex: And 70 Other Useful and Amazing Metaphors from Science, Psychology, Business, Sports, and Everyday Life (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Babinski

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Docteur Babinski.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Babinski

The following table summarizes the usage of "Babinski" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BabinskiLast name10088,255
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Babinski

Expressions using "Babinski": babinski reflex babinski sign. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Babinski

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

babinski

40

babinski reflex

23

babinski sign

12

babinski test

4

babinski positive reflex

3

babinski response

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Babinski

Language Translations for "Babinski"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Babinskis refleks (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign), Babinski's platysmafænomen (Babinski platysma phenomenon, platysma sign). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

reflex van Babinsky (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Babinskin merkki (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign), Babinskin koe (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign), Babinskin heijaste (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign). (various references)

   

French

  

signe du peaucier (Babinski platysma phenomenon), signe de Babinsky (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign). (various references)

   

German

  

Babinski-Zeichen (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign), Platysmazeichen Babinski (Babinski platysma phenomenon, platysma sign), Platysmazeichen (Babinski platysma phenomenon, platysma sign). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σημείο Babinsky (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign). (various references)

   

Italian

  

segno di Babinski (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abinskibay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

signo de Babinsky (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign), signo de Babinski (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign), respuesta de Babinski (Babinski reflex, Babinski sign, Babinski's reflex, Babinski's sign, Babinsky sign). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Babinski

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-b-i-i-k-n-s"

-2 letters: kibbis.

-3 letters: banks, basin, kains, kibbi, kinas, nabis, sabin.

-4 letters: ains, akin, anis, bani, bank, bans, bask, bias, bibs, bins, bisk, ibis, inia, inks, isba, kabs, kain, kina, kins, nabs, nibs, nisi, sain, saki, sank, sibb, sink, skin, snib.

-5 letters: abs, ain, ais, ani, ask, ban, bas, bib, bin, bis, ink, ins, kab, kas, kin, nab, nib, sab, sib, sin, ska, ski.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-b-i-i-k-n-s"
 

+3 letters: backbitings.

 

+5 letters: bankabilities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Babinski


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 62 69 6E 73 6B 69

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .-    -...    ..    -.    ...    -.-    ..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101110 01110011 01101011 01101001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#98 &#105 &#110 &#115 &#107 &#105

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 0062 0069 006E 0073 006B 0069

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3667687580857775

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Names: Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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