reflex in English

adjective

1

(of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus.

sneezing is a reflex action

synonyms: instinctive, automatic, involuntary, reflexive, impulsive, intuitive, spontaneous, unconscious, unconditioned, untaught, unlearned

2

(of an angle) exceeding 180°.

noun

1

an action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought.

a newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes

2

a thing that is determined by and reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else.

politics was no more than a reflex of economics

adjective

• instinctive, automatic, involuntary, reflexive, impulsive, intuitive, spontaneous, unconscious, unconditioned, untaught, unlearned
• automatic, reflexive

noun

• unconditioned reflex, reflex action, reflex response

Use "reflex" in a sentence

1. Belched definition: a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth synonyms: eructation, reflex action, burp, unconditioned reflex, reflex

2. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy.

3. Beminstrel Powered reflex hammer

4. It was a reflex!

5. The Baroreceptor reflex is a neurally-mediated reflex that regulates blood pressure in the short-term

6. Now, if you can trigger the Lazarus reflex in a dead person, why not the orgasm reflex?

7. My safety net became my reflex.

8. It's called the cat righting reflex.

9. IRB ADJ 130 RefLex (publication) Description:

10. It's this brain which makes this reflex.

11. Plantar grasp reflex, plantar response and Moro reflex are three primitive reflexes that used frequently in infantile neurological examination.sentencedict .com

12. Coughing is a normal and healthy reflex

13. Reflex Angles are greater than 180°

14. Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex.

15. Angiotensin II, a blood borne hormone, acts via its type 1A receptor to attenuate the Baroreceptor reflex and this reflex

16. Reflex Angles are greater than 180°

17. It works by blocking your reflex to Cough

18. A cognitive error triggered my Good Samaritan reflex.

19. Ellen thought that the smile was a reflex.

20. It's like a reflex, I can't stop it.

21. Relating to body posture; e.g., Attitudinal (statotonic) reflex

22. They seem to attack primarily as a reflex action.

23. Sorry I hit you; it was a pure reflex.

24. Automatic definition is - largely or wholly involuntary; especially : reflex

25. Orgasm is a reflex of the autonomic nervous system.

26. Angles greater than 180° are called reflex Angles

27. Almost as a reflex, he smiled grimly to himself.

28. The younger child makes undifferentiated reflex responses to stimuli.

29. It is best to ignore this rather frantic reflex.

30. Almost by reflex, he helped himself to a drink.

31. Such a response also is often called a Conditioned reflex

32. The Cephalic phase of insulin release is a conditioned reflex

33. These early smiles are known as reflex, or involuntary, smiles.

34. A history of lynching has bred this reflex in her.

35. The stretch reflex consists of a monosynaptic response from the direct connection between Ia Afferents and motor neurons, that may be followed by polysynaptic reflex activity

36. Aerobe ID + Suscept: 42803-7: 182261: Aerobe ID + Suscept: 42803-7: Reflex Table for Aerobe ID + Suscept; Order Code Order Name Result Code Result Name UofM Result LOINC; Reflex 1: 080570: Result: 080571: Result 1: 42803-7: Reflex Table for Aerobe ID + Suscept; Order Code Order Name Result Code Result Name UofM Result LOINC; Reflex 1: 080570

37. The extensor plantar reflex indicates a possible lesion on the brain

38. They contain a 24 percent higher protein concentration than reflex tears.

39. In the context of reflex testing, the ability to elicit Clonus indicates injury to the nerve tracts above the point at which the reflex was initiated.

40. In the human external anal sphincter two reflex mechanisms have been observed: 1. a proprioreceptive reflex which maintains tonic contraction in the muscle via lower spinal pathways and 2. a rectosphincteric reflex mechanism which is connected with higher spinal and cortical areas.

41. The more advanced worksheets include straight and reflex Angles too

42. Agent for preventing development of reflex sympathetic dystrophy after stroke

43. The extensor plantar reflex indicates a possible lesion on the brain.

44. It is possible that it's a manifestation of its Samaritan reflex.

45. Coughing is a reflex that keeps your throat and airways clear

46. Reflex: A fabric used on the outer of some sleeping bags.

47. Walsh fumbled in his pocket, a reflex from his smoking days.

48. In most of these cases the fluctuations of reflex amplitudes were synchronous with respiration and/or with respiratory cardiovascular rhythms, and showed inspiratory increase of the reflex amplitudes.

49. Blinking is a reflex, which means your body does it automatically

50. This feign death reflex is frozen afterwards by dissolution of memory.