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Meanings of instinctive reflex in English

Portuguese
reflexos
Catalan
acció reflexa
Spanish
reflejo innato

An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.

      reflexos
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      Examples for "reflex"
      Examples for "reflex"
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      Objective: To study the normal value and clinical applications of blink reflex.
      Pubmed
      2
      A really fun way to build eye-body reflex co-ordination and tactile confidence.
      The Irish Times
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      The thought came with the strength and speed of a reflex action.
      A Cavern of Black Ice
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      In the former instance reflex motion, in the latter reflex paralysis, results.
      Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
      5
      Locker Room: Nothing tests the reflex for blind patriotism quite like boxing.
      The Irish Times
      1
      I wonder idly if a male android has any similar physiological reaction.
      The Hyperion Cantos
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      I realised it was a physiological reaction to what Irving was doing.
      Radio NZ
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      But she wasn't crying, exactly; it seemed like a physiological reaction.
      White fire
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      It was a simple physiological reaction; logic explained it away.
      Fragile Eternity
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      I imagine that the stupefaction, which is the physiological reaction of an intense emotional and muscular effort, had not yet worn away.
      A Volunteer Poilu
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      In a reflex response that surprised me, I leaned forward and turned up the volume.
      The Irish Times
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      The reflex response is to rush some more.
      The Guardian
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      It could be a reflex response in obese children, but that remains to be seen, Mitchell added.
      Reuters
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      However, the result should be seen as something of a reflex response in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote.
      The Guardian
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      This study of 35 piglets assessed the effects of the cholinergic agents atropine and edrophonium on this laryngeal reflex response.
      Pubmed
      1
      The thought came with the strength and speed of a reflex action.
      A Cavern of Black Ice
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      Certitude is a reflex action; it is to know that one knows.
      Apologia pro Vita Sua
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      This same condition may be noticed in another unconscious or reflex action-breathing
      Stammering, Its Cause and Cure
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      This reflex action is a most important function of the spinal cord.
      A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools
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      One corner of Munoz's mouth twitched humourlessly, a mere polite reflex action.
      The Flanders Panel
      Usage of instinctive reflex in English
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      Using soulfire on pure, instinctive reflex was a mistake-potentiallya fatal one.
      Changes
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      These are the fruits of inheritance, and by their means, we may suppose, instinctive reflex actions are carried out.
      Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898