Definitions from Wiktionary (reflex)
▸ noun: An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
▸ noun: (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
▸ noun: (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
▸ noun: The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
▸ noun: (chiefly photography) Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
▸ adjective: Bent, turned back or reflected.
▸ adjective: Produced automatically by a stimulus.
▸ adjective: (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
▸ adjective: (painting) Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bend back or turn back over itself.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To reflect (light, sight, etc.).
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To reflect or mirror (an object), to show the image of.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To cast (beams of light) on something.
▸ verb: To respond to a stimulus.
▸ Also see reflex
conditioned reflexes,
Primitive reflexes,
abdominal reflexes,
neck reflexes,
airway reflexes,
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▸ noun: An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
▸ noun: (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
▸ noun: (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
▸ noun: The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
▸ noun: (chiefly photography) Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
▸ adjective: Bent, turned back or reflected.
▸ adjective: Produced automatically by a stimulus.
▸ adjective: (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
▸ adjective: (painting) Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bend back or turn back over itself.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To reflect (light, sight, etc.).
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To reflect or mirror (an object), to show the image of.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To cast (beams of light) on something.
▸ verb: To respond to a stimulus.
▸ Also see reflex
Opposite:
Types:
patellar reflex,
gag reflex,
corneal reflex,
abdominal reflex,
palpebral reflex,
pharyngeal reflex,
plantar reflex,
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Phrases:
Adjectives:
conditioned,
deep,
spinal,
postural,
primitive,
protective,
absent,
hyperactive,
superficial,
tonic,
simple
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▸ Usage examples for reflexes
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▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing reflexes
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▸ Words that often appear near reflexes
▸ Rhymes of reflexes
▸ Invented words related to reflexes