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CREMASTERIC REFLEX

\kɹˌɛmastˈɛɹɪk ɹˈiːflɛks], \kɹˌɛmastˈɛɹɪk ɹˈiːflɛks], \k_ɹ_ˌɛ_m_a_s_t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_k ɹ_ˈiː_f_l_ɛ_k_s]\

Definitions of CREMASTERIC REFLEX

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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See Reflex.
stimulation of skin of thigh retracts testis.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A raising of the testicle when the skin on the front and inner side of the corresponding thigh is stimulated; best marked in young children.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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