Defenition of the word reflex

Defenition of the word reflex
- (physiology) without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
- an automatic reaction
- an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
- without volition or conscious control

Synonyms for the word reflex

- automatic
- physiological reaction
- reflexive

Similar words in the reflex

- involuntary

Hyponyms for the word reflex

- accommodation reflex
- Babinski
- Babinski reflex
- Babinski sign
- belch
- belching
- blink
- blinking
- blush
- breaking wind
- burp
- burping
- defecation reflex
- disgorgement
- electric shock
- electrical shock
- emesis
- eructation
- eye blink
- fart
- farting
- flatus
- flush
- gag reflex
- goose bump
- goose pimple
- goose skin
- goosebump
- gooseflesh
- gulp
- gulping
- hiccough
- hiccup
- horripilation
- jump
- knee jerk
- knee-jerk reflex
- light reflex
- micturition reflex
- miosis
- mydriasis
- myosis
- myotactic reflex
- nictation
- nictitation
- oscitance
- oscitancy
- patellar reflex
- pharyngeal reflex
- pilomotor reflex
- plantar reflex
- puking
- pupillary reflex
- rectal reflex
- regurgitation
- rooting reflex
- shake
- shiver
- shock
- singultus
- sneeze
- sneezing
- start
- startle
- sternutation
- stretch reflex
- suckling reflex
- tremble
- vomit
- vomiting
- wind
- wink
- winking
- yawn
- yawning

Hypernyms for the word reflex

- reaction
- response

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