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Named after the neurologists who initially investigated it: Joseph Babinski and Jean Nageotte.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An alternating brainstem syndrome occurring when there is damage to the dorsolateral or posterior lateral medulla oblongata, likely syphilitic in origin. Full definition →
Named after the neurologists who initially investigated it: Joseph Babinski and Jean Nageotte.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.