除じょ皮ひ質しつ硬こう直ちょく

noun

decorticate rigidity

Medical term for a specific type of abnormal posturing seen in severe brain injury, characterized by flexion of the upper extremities and extension of the lower extremities.

• 除じょ皮ひ質しつ硬こう直ちょくは、重じゅう度どの脳のう損そん傷しょうで見みられる姿し勢せい異い常じょうの一ひとつです。

  Decorticate rigidity is one of the postural abnormalities seen in severe brain injury.