reflex
refleks
definition
noun
a newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes
an action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought.
politics was no more than a reflex of economics
a thing that is determined by and reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else.
adjective
sneezing is a reflex action
(of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus.
(of an angle) exceeding 180°.
translation of 'reflex'
noun
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example
That is to say, there are referential and quantificational uses of indefinite descriptions and these are a 'reflex' of a genuine semantical ambiguity.
They act on the brain to hold back the cough 'reflex' .
These receptors also excite the defecation 'reflex' .
It must be remembered that some individuals do not have a blink 'reflex' , due to neuro-muscular problems with the eye, and therefore are at serious risk from this laser exposure.
Sleep on your back - when the spit collects back there, it triggers a swallowing 'reflex' .
In the respiratory tract, complex 'reflex' responses to the gastric refluxate occur in children by three mechanisms.
What he found was that every bird in a particular species has certain inflexible patterns of behavior, 'reflex' responses to very specific stimuli.
Certainly, the very rapid respiratory rates seen during the tidal breathing collection in some of the children in this study must be attributed to 'reflex' or cortical responses to testing.
All his paradigm required was linking and relinking stimuli and responses: a salivary 'reflex' , once produced by food, was now evoked by a bell signaling the coming of food.
The points on the ear have their 'reflex' to different bodily functions or organs.
Even the tears that fell were automatic, more a 'reflex' action than reflection of any real emotion.
Almost as if it were a 'reflex' response, journalists and some scientific researchers alike blame technology and changes to family life for childhood obesity.
This suggests that 'reflex' mechanisms are diminished during the transition to sleep.
The inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase failed to inhibit this response, and it also did not potentiate the 'reflex' cholinergic contractions of the trachea produced by bradykinin.
Applying pressure to 'reflex' points makes it possible to interact with the interconnected systems of the body at an energetic level and restore homeostatic function.
Border Collies have a high startle 'reflex' , which can sometimes endanger their lives.
The same event, however, can take place without a swallow as a 'reflex' response to mechanical stimulation of the esophagus.
The mechanism by which the body senses and responds to changes in blood pressure by 'reflex' vasodilation or contraction of peripheral vessels is impaired.
We now know that this 'reflex' response is initiated from the class of sensory receptors called muscle spindle receptors.
Later it becomes a 'reflex' action in response to the baby's cry or just by thinking about the baby or feeding.
Two significant complications of lung transplantation include the impairment of the cough 'reflex' and mucociliary clearance.
The medulla controls this involuntary swallowing 'reflex' , although voluntary swallowing may be initiated by the cerebral cortex.
The active ingredients in this were alkaloids of belladonna, which we now know had the effect of inhibiting cholinergic neurotransmission and thereby 'reflex' bronchoconstriction.
So in some quarters the 'reflex' response to the presidential election of November 2004 has been to emphasise how little has changed.
It is a complex 'reflex' response to the stimulation of the cough receptors of the lung.
This individualism was perhaps a natural 'reflex' of an economy bursting forth from its medieval limitations.
Elevation of the larynx during the swallowing 'reflex' protects the airway and opens the upper esophageal sphincter.
Hold fast - put one of your fingers in your baby's palm and enjoy his 'reflex' response as he grips it tightly.
The tongue directs the bolus of chewed food to the pharynx as an initial step in the involuntary 'reflex' swallowing mechanism.
In doing so they constitute a public and communal 'reflex' of that private, complex, individual and highly personal process through which people cope with, and come to terms with, the vicissitudes of life.
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