Usually means: Infant reflex for finding nipple.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 17 dictionaries that define the word rooting reflex:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. rooting reflex: Collins English Dictionary
  2. rooting reflex: Vocabulary.com
  3. rooting reflex: Wiktionary
  4. rooting reflex: Dictionary.com
  5. Rooting Reflex, Rooting reflex: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. rooting reflex: Rhymezone
  7. rooting reflex: FreeDictionary.org
  8. rooting reflex: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. rooting reflex: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Rooting reflex: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Johnson Bwby (No longer online)
  4. Rooting reflex: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  7. rooting reflex: Medical dictionary
  8. Rooting reflex: Drug Medical Dictionary

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (rooting reflex)

▸ noun:  a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple

Similar:
headturn, kneejerk reflex, neuroreflex, baroreflex, nipple confusion, chemoreflex, Ferguson reflex, reflex response, reflex arc, chignon, more...

Opposite:
aversion, repulsion, rejection

▸ Words similar to rooting reflex

▸ Usage examples for rooting reflex

▸ Idioms related to rooting reflex

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near rooting reflex

▸ Rhymes of rooting reflex

▸ Invented words related to rooting reflex

Similar:
headturn, kneejerk reflex, neuroreflex, baroreflex, nipple confusion, chemoreflex, Ferguson reflex, reflex response, reflex arc, chignon, more...

Opposite:
aversion, repulsion, rejection



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "rooting reflex" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux