| Joffroy's reflex | Twitching of the glutei muscles when firm pressure is made on the nates, in cases of spastic paralysis. Synonym: hip phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Joffroy's sign | <clinical sign> Disorder of the arithmetical faculty (the person being unable to do simple sums in addition or multiplication) in the early stages of organic brain disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Joffroy, Alexis | <person> French physician, 1844-1908. See: Joffroy's reflex, Joffroy's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |