- paradoxical flexor reflex
- dorsiflexion of the great toe or of all the toes when the deep muscles of the calf are pressed upon, seen in cases of pyramidal tract disease; called also Gordon r.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
paradoxical flexor reflex
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