Reflex Response (Noun)
Meaning
An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- When the doctor tapped her knee with a hammer, the patient's leg jerked forward in a classic reflex response.
- The blinking of an eye is a reflex response to sudden light or foreign particles in the eye.
- A person's immediate withdrawal of their hand from a hot stove is a reflex response to the intense heat.
- The rapid heartbeat and dilated pupils of a startled person are examples of reflex responses to sudden fright.
- The coughing fit that occurred when she inhaled the dust was a reflex response to the irritation in her lungs.
Synonyms
- Reflex Action
- Instinctive Reflex
- Physiological Reaction
- Reflex
- Innate Reflex
- Inborn Reflex
- Unconditioned Reflex
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Horripilation
- Blush
- Knee Jerk
- Goosebump
- Light Reflex
- Plantar Reflex
- Electric Shock
- Eructation
- Start
- Sneeze
- Startle
- Tremble
- Rooting Reflex
- Breaking Wind
- Flatus
- Singultus
- Myosis
- Fart
- Goose Pimple
- Belch
- Disgorgement
- Accommodation Reflex
- Blink
- Pharyngeal Reflex
- Patellar Reflex
- Yawn
- Wink
- Goose Skin
- Wind
- Gulp
- Regurgitation
- Blinking
- Vomit
- Burp
- Hiccup
- Oscitancy
- Winking
- Nictitation
- Oscitance
- Shock
- Shake
- Sternutation
- Suckling Reflex
- Goose Bump
- Mydriasis
- Babinski Sign
- Stretch Reflex
- Puking
- Miosis
- Burping
- Micturition Reflex
- Nictation
- Defecation Reflex
- Pilomotor Reflex
- Babinski
- Emesis