See Also: basal joint reflex(medicine)
Constant-Velocity Joint (Cv Joint) - Motor Sports(gambling)
basal age(medicine)
basal(dictionary)
Basal(medicine)
basal rod(medicine)
basal ganglia(medicine)
basal gland(medicine)
basal diet(medicine)
basal granule(medicine)

wiser (iou) and basal joint reflex (medicine)


wiser (iou)



wiser noun & adverb. ME.
[Compar. of WISE adjective: see -ER3.]
A. noun. A person who is (one's) superior in wisdom. Usu. in pl. Now rare. ME.
Sir W. Scott These Delilahs seduce my wisers and my betters.
b. adverb. More wisely. rare. E17.
Shakespeare As You Like It Thou speak'st wiser than thou Art ware of.

basal joint reflex (medicine)


basal joint reflex
Opposition and adduction of the thumb with flexion at its metacarpophalangeal joint and extension at its interphalangeal joint, when firm passive flexion of the third, fourth, or fifth finger is made; the reflex is present normally but is absent in pyramidal lesions.

Synonym: finger-thumb reflex, Mayer's reflex.