reflex

reflexo
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
imagem refletida,
reflexo,
manifestação,
reprodução,
ato reflexo,
resultado,
expressão
adjective
reflexo,
recurvado,
indireto,
refletivo,
reflexivo,
introspectivo
example
Thinking about your baby can stimulate the let-down 'reflex' .
Almost as if it were a 'reflex' response, journalists and some scientific researchers alike blame technology and changes to family life for childhood obesity.
Sleep on your back - when the spit collects back there, it triggers a swallowing 'reflex' .
During the initial inflammatory phase of this process the muscle responds with a 'reflex' spasm which is the tightness or knot you can feel.
Two significant complications of lung transplantation include the impairment of the cough 'reflex' and mucociliary clearance.
This suggests that 'reflex' mechanisms are diminished during the transition to sleep.
We now know that this 'reflex' response is initiated from the class of sensory receptors called muscle spindle receptors.
Muscle spindles are primarily influenced by changes in length and are responsible for 'reflex' contraction of the skeletal muscles in response to stretching.
This individualism was perhaps a natural 'reflex' of an economy bursting forth from its medieval limitations.
The same event, however, can take place without a swallow as a 'reflex' response to mechanical stimulation of the esophagus.
Hold fast - put one of your fingers in your baby's palm and enjoy his 'reflex' response as he grips it tightly.
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.
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.
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.
The active ingredients in this were alkaloids of belladonna, which we now know had the effect of inhibiting cholinergic neurotransmission and thereby 'reflex' bronchoconstriction.
The points on the ear have their 'reflex' to different bodily functions or organs.
Even the tears that fell were automatic, more a 'reflex' action than reflection of any real emotion.
The tongue directs the bolus of chewed food to the pharynx as an initial step in the involuntary 'reflex' swallowing mechanism.
Orza is the Italian 'reflex' of a common Romance word generally thought to be of Latin origin.
These receptors also excite the defecation 'reflex' .
They act on the brain to hold back the cough 'reflex' .
The medulla controls this involuntary swallowing 'reflex' , although voluntary swallowing may be initiated by the cerebral cortex.
Border Collies have a high startle 'reflex' , which can sometimes endanger their lives.
The mechanism by which the body senses and responds to changes in blood pressure by 'reflex' vasodilation or contraction of peripheral vessels is impaired.
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.
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.
Her feet followed his automatically, as a 'reflex' from many hour of being tortured in etiquette, posture, and dance classes.
It is a complex 'reflex' response to the stimulation of the cough receptors of the lung.
In a 'reflex' action the body cuts the supply of blood to the arms and legs preventing swimming, and people then sink and drown.
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