patellar reflex

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From Time Magazine Archive

While the reflexes were being tested he volunteered the information that his left patellar reflex was very much stronger than the right.

From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard

The patient suffers severely from neuritis, and there may be early loss of patellar reflex.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

Facilitation of the patellar reflex or "knee jerk".

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

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

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry