reflex
പതിഫലനം
definition
noun
a newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes
an action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought.
politics was no more than a reflex of economics
a thing that is determined by and reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else.
adjective
sneezing is a reflex action
(of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus.
(of an angle) exceeding 180°.
translation of 'reflex'
noun
പതിഫലനം
example
They act on the brain to hold back the cough 'reflex' .
That is to say, there are referential and quantificational uses of indefinite descriptions and these are a 'reflex' of a genuine semantical ambiguity.
Almost as if it were a 'reflex' response, journalists and some scientific researchers alike blame technology and changes to family life for childhood obesity.
All his paradigm required was linking and relinking stimuli and responses: a salivary 'reflex' , once produced by food, was now evoked by a bell signaling the coming of food.
Sleep on your back - when the spit collects back there, it triggers a swallowing 'reflex' .
Border Collies have a high startle 'reflex' , which can sometimes endanger their lives.
Later it becomes a 'reflex' action in response to the baby's cry or just by thinking about the baby or feeding.
During the initial inflammatory phase of this process the muscle responds with a 'reflex' spasm which is the tightness or knot you can feel.
We now know that this 'reflex' response is initiated from the class of sensory receptors called muscle spindle receptors.
Even the tears that fell were automatic, more a 'reflex' action than reflection of any real emotion.
The inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase failed to inhibit this response, and it also did not potentiate the 'reflex' cholinergic contractions of the trachea produced by bradykinin.
Orza is the Italian 'reflex' of a common Romance word generally thought to be of Latin origin.
This individualism was perhaps a natural 'reflex' of an economy bursting forth from its medieval limitations.
In the respiratory tract, complex 'reflex' responses to the gastric refluxate occur in children by three mechanisms.
Either mechanical tapping or electrical stimulation of the supraorbital regions may evoke the blink 'reflex' .
Muscle spindles are primarily influenced by changes in length and are responsible for 'reflex' contraction of the skeletal muscles in response to stretching.
The active ingredients in this were alkaloids of belladonna, which we now know had the effect of inhibiting cholinergic neurotransmission and thereby 'reflex' bronchoconstriction.
Two significant complications of lung transplantation include the impairment of the cough 'reflex' and mucociliary clearance.
These receptors also excite the defecation 'reflex' .
A cough is a 'reflex' action to clear the airways of mucus, phlegm, irritants or a foreign body.
Applying pressure to 'reflex' points makes it possible to interact with the interconnected systems of the body at an energetic level and restore homeostatic function.
The points on the ear have their 'reflex' to different bodily functions or organs.
What he found was that every bird in a particular species has certain inflexible patterns of behavior, 'reflex' responses to very specific stimuli.
Elevation of the larynx during the swallowing 'reflex' protects the airway and opens the upper esophageal sphincter.
The medulla controls this involuntary swallowing 'reflex' , although voluntary swallowing may be initiated by the cerebral cortex.
Certainly, the very rapid respiratory rates seen during the tidal breathing collection in some of the children in this study must be attributed to 'reflex' or cortical responses to testing.
It is a complex 'reflex' response to the stimulation of the cough receptors of the lung.
Her feet followed his automatically, as a 'reflex' from many hour of being tortured in etiquette, posture, and dance classes.
It must be remembered that some individuals do not have a blink 'reflex' , due to neuro-muscular problems with the eye, and therefore are at serious risk from this laser exposure.
The tongue directs the bolus of chewed food to the pharynx as an initial step in the involuntary 'reflex' swallowing mechanism.
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