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JAW-JERK

\d͡ʒˈɔːd͡ʒˈɜːk], \d‍ʒˈɔːd‍ʒˈɜːk], \dʒ_ˈɔː_dʒ_ˈɜː_k]\

Definitions of JAW-JERK

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

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See Chin-reflex
See chin-r

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A phenomenon consisting in a contraction of the muscles of mastication upon an extensile impulse similar to that in patellar tendon reflex. It is produced by a stroke downward on the lower teeth or chin when the mouth is well opened.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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