reflex
reflejo
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
reflejo
adjective
reflejo
example
They act on the brain to hold back the cough 'reflex' .
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.
It is a complex 'reflex' response to the stimulation of the cough receptors of the lung.
Later it becomes a 'reflex' action in response to the baby's cry or just by thinking about the baby or feeding.
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.
Hold fast - put one of your fingers in your baby's palm and enjoy his 'reflex' response as he grips it tightly.
So in some quarters the 'reflex' response to the presidential election of November 2004 has been to emphasise how little has changed.
The medulla controls this involuntary swallowing 'reflex' , although voluntary swallowing may be initiated by the cerebral cortex.
A cough is a 'reflex' action to clear the airways of mucus, phlegm, irritants or a foreign body.
This individualism was perhaps a natural 'reflex' of an economy bursting forth from its medieval limitations.
Muscle spindles are primarily influenced by changes in length and are responsible for 'reflex' contraction of the skeletal muscles in response to stretching.
Either mechanical tapping or electrical stimulation of the supraorbital regions may evoke the blink 'reflex' .
Orza is the Italian 'reflex' of a common Romance word generally thought to be of Latin origin.
Sleep on your back - when the spit collects back there, it triggers a swallowing 'reflex' .
The mechanism by which the body senses and responds to changes in blood pressure by 'reflex' vasodilation or contraction of peripheral vessels is impaired.
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.
In the respiratory tract, complex 'reflex' responses to the gastric refluxate occur in children by three mechanisms.
Thinking about your baby can stimulate the let-down 'reflex' .
These receptors also excite the defecation 'reflex' .
Even the tears that fell were automatic, more a 'reflex' action than reflection of any real emotion.
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.
Her feet followed his automatically, as a 'reflex' from many hour of being tortured in etiquette, posture, and dance classes.
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.
In a 'reflex' action the body cuts the supply of blood to the arms and legs preventing swimming, and people then sink and drown.
The same event, however, can take place without a swallow as a 'reflex' response to mechanical stimulation of the esophagus.
This suggests that 'reflex' mechanisms are diminished during the transition to sleep.
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.
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