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DictionarySeereflexJoffroy reflex
Jof·froy re·flex (zhō-fwa[h]'), twitching of the glutei muscles when firm pressure is made on the nates, in cases of spastic paralysis. Synonym(s): hip phenomenonJoffroy reflex (zhof-rwhah′) [Alexis Joffroy, Fr. physician, 1844–1908] Twitching of the gluteal muscles when pressure is applied to the buttocks.Joffroy, Alexis, French physician, 1844-1908. Joffroy reflex - twitching of the gluteal muscles when firm pressure is made on the buttocks, in cases of spastic paralysis. Synonym(s): hip phenomenonJoffroy sign - immobility of the facial muscles when the eyeballs are rolled upward, in exophthalmic goiter; disorder of the arithmetical faculty in the early stages of organic brain disease. |