reflex
refleks
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
akis,
refleks,
istemsiz hareket,
tepke,
yansıma
adjective
yansıyan,
istemsiz,
refleks,
akseden
example
Later it becomes a 'reflex' action in response to the baby's cry or just by thinking about the baby or feeding.
A cough is a 'reflex' action to clear the airways of mucus, phlegm, irritants or a foreign body.
Two significant complications of lung transplantation include the impairment of the cough 'reflex' and mucociliary clearance.
We now know that this 'reflex' response is initiated from the class of sensory receptors called muscle spindle receptors.
Almost as if it were a 'reflex' response, journalists and some scientific researchers alike blame technology and changes to family life for childhood obesity.
These receptors also excite the defecation 'reflex' .
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.
Elevation of the larynx during the swallowing 'reflex' protects the airway and opens the upper esophageal sphincter.
It is a complex 'reflex' response to the stimulation of the cough receptors of the lung.
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.
In doing so they constitute a public and communal 'reflex' of that private, complex, individual and highly personal process through which people cope with, and come to terms with, the vicissitudes of life.
The same event, however, can take place without a swallow as a 'reflex' response to mechanical stimulation of the esophagus.
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.
This suggests that 'reflex' mechanisms are diminished during the transition to sleep.
The active ingredients in this were alkaloids of belladonna, which we now know had the effect of inhibiting cholinergic neurotransmission and thereby 'reflex' bronchoconstriction.
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.
Orza is the Italian 'reflex' of a common Romance word generally thought to be of Latin origin.
The medulla controls this involuntary swallowing 'reflex' , although voluntary swallowing may be initiated by the cerebral cortex.
Hold fast - put one of your fingers in your baby's palm and enjoy his 'reflex' response as he grips it tightly.
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.
Even the tears that fell were automatic, more a 'reflex' action than reflection of any real emotion.
The points on the ear have their 'reflex' to different bodily functions or organs.
Thinking about your baby can stimulate the let-down '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.
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.
So in some quarters the 'reflex' response to the presidential election of November 2004 has been to emphasise how little has changed.
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