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Patellar Reflex

Definition: Patellar Reflex

Patellar Reflex

Noun

1. A reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon.

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

Synonyms: Patellar Reflex

Synonyms: knee jerk (n), knee-jerk reflex (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Patellar Reflex

English words defined with "patellar reflex": knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex. (references)

Specialty definitions using "patellar reflex": Femoral Neuropathy. (references)

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Patellar Reflex

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day
patellar reflex	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: Patellar Reflex

Language		Translations for "patellar reflex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		patellarreflex, Westphal's fænomen. (various references)

Dutch		patellair reflex, kniepeesreflex (knee jerk). (various references)

French		réflexe rotulien, réflexe patellaire. (various references)

German		PSR, Patellarsehnenreflex, Quadrizepsdehnreflex, Kniesehnenreflex (knee jerk), Kniephänomen Westphal. (various references)

Greek		αντανακλαστικό της επιγονατίδας (knee jerk), τενόντειο αντανακλαστικό του γόνατος. (various references)

Italian		riflesso patellare (knee jerk). (various references)

Pig Latin		atellarpay eflexray

Portuguese		reflexo rotuliano (choc rotulien, knee jerk), reflexo patelar (choc rotulien, knee jerk). (various references)

Spanish		reflejo patelar. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Patellar Reflex

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-f-l-l-l-p-r-r-t-x"
	-5 letters: leafleter.
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Alternative Orthography: Patellar Reflex

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

50 61 74 65 6C 6C 61 72 52 65 66 6C 65 78

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

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

01010000 01100001 01110100 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110010 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100110 01101100 01100101 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#97 &#114 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#102 &#108 &#101 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0074 0065 006C 006C 0061 0072 0052 0065 0066 006C 0065 0078

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

50678671787867842527172787190

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions: Internet

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

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