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Adjective reflex has 1 sense
- automatic, reflex, reflexive - without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
Antonym: voluntary (indirect, via involuntary)
Noun reflex has 1 sense
- reflex, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
--1 is a kind of reaction, response
--1 has particulars: | | accommodation reflex; Babinski, Babinski reflex, Babinski sign; belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation; blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation; blush, flush; vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking; defecation reflex, rectal reflex; yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy; electric shock, electrical shock, shock; fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind; gulp, gulping; knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex, patellar reflex; light reflex, pupillary reflex, miosis, myosis; mydriasis; micturition reflex; pharyngeal reflex, gag reflex; pilomotor reflex, gooseflesh, goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, horripilation; plantar reflex; rooting reflex; startle, jump, start; stretch reflex, myotactic reflex; suckling reflex; tremble, shiver, shake; sneeze, sneezing, sternutation; hiccup, hiccough, singultus |
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