reflex action vs Babinski sign

Babinski sign vs reflex action

reflex action and Babinski sign both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reflex action	Yes	No	No	No
Babinski sign	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Babinski sign is a hyponym of reflex action; that is, Babinski sign is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than reflex action:

reflex action: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
Babinski sign: 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

Other hyponyms of reflex action include accommodation reflex, Babinski, Babinski reflex, belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation, blink, blinking, eye blink, nictation, nictitation, wink, winking, blush, flush, disgorgement, emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting, defecation reflex, rectal reflex, oscitance, oscitancy, yawn, yawning, electric shock, electrical shock, shock, breaking wind, fart, farting, flatus, wind, gulp, gulping, knee-jerk reflex, knee jerk, patellar reflex, light reflex, miosis, myosis, pupillary reflex, mydriasis, micturition reflex, gag reflex, pharyngeal reflex, goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, gooseflesh, horripilation, pilomotor reflex, plantar reflex, rooting reflex, jump, start, startle, myotactic reflex, stretch reflex, suckling reflex, shake, shiver, tremble, sneeze, sneezing, sternutation, hiccough, hiccup, singultus.

reflex action (noun)	Babinski sign (noun)
an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus	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

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