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Meanings of reflex action in inglés

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reflexos
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acció reflexa
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reflejo innato

An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.

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      Examples for "reflex"
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      Objective: To study the normal value and clinical applications of blink reflex.
      Pubmed
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      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 ...
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      Locker Room: Nothing tests the reflex for blind patriotism quite like boxing.
      The Irish Times
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      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
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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
      Usage of reflex action in inglés
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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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      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
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      He knew that Asman would fire by reflex action if necessary.
      The dark side of the sun
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      Muscular response time is thirty-five milliseconds, for conscious or reflex action.
      Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others)
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      It was a reflex action from my years as a beggar.
      The Name of the Wind
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      It is a reflex action that they have no control over.
      The new yorker
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      Masipa dismissed claims that Pistorius shot because of a reflex action.
      The Guardian
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      I resist the reflex action of counting the arches; the bridge is complete.
      How the soldier repairs the gramophone
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      The belief had its reflex action, doing something to calm her.
      The Pool in the Desert
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      His endeavors to win Charley's favor had had a reflex action.
      Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
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      It was a reflex action, like putting on one of his baseball caps.
      A necessary evil
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      Queed was among the first to rise; the movement was like a reflex action.
      Queed: A Novel
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      The student will easily supply other illustrations of the advantages of secondary reflex action.
      Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools