Reflex action Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; reflex response; unconditioned reflex; physiological reaction; reflex.
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(Physiol.) , any action performed involuntarily in consequence of an impulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nerve center, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so calls into action certain muscles, organs, or cells.
