Reflex

Definition: Reflex

Reflex

Adjective

1. (physiology) without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive".

Noun

1. An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "reflex" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Health

Medicine

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Synonyms: Reflex

Copy

Duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion, reflection; shadow, echo.

Recoil

Noun: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; Verb: elasticity; reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation; (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return.

Regression

Adjective: receding; Verb: retrograde, retrogressive; regressive, refluent, reflex, recidivous, resilient; crab-like; balky; reactionary.

Crosswords: Reflex

Czech (reflection, reflex), Dutch (reflex), German (reflection, reflex), Hungarian (accidental light, reflex), Italian (reflex camera), Romanian (reflection, reflex), Swedish (reflection, reflex).

In fact, I hear the bite reflex is so strong they have to pry the victims jaws open with a crow bar. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Other than my upchuck reflex, nothing (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith)

Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young)

Every little thing the reflex does leaves me answered with a (The Reflex; performing artist: Duran Duran)

Oh, the reflex what a game he's hiding all the cards (The Reflex; performing artist: Duran Duran)

The reflex is an only child, he's waiting by the park (The Reflex; performing artist: Duran Duran)

Reflex Action (2001)

The Kill Reflex (1989)

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References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (reference)

• Reflex Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Animal homing and migration through biogeomagnetic beaming : a revealing study into animal orientation phenomena as induced lateral directional equilibrium reflex (reference)

• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Causalgia (reference)

• Trauma and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Pentax and single-lens reflex photography (reference)

• Qr: The Quieting Reflex (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Reflex Action (reference)

• Slo-Pitch Softball Reflex Hitting Sys (reference)

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Music

• Total Reflex (reference)

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High Tech

• Jensen JP1500 Power Station 500-Watt 3-Way 15" Bass Reflex Floorstanding Speaker (reference)

• ACOUSTIC RESEARCH S20 Stature 2-Way Bass Reflex Speaker Pair (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Norelco 5811XL Reflex Action Cord/Cordless Rechargeable Men's Shaver (reference)

• Norelco HQ5 Reflex Action Tripleheader Replacement Heads (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Physiology : Measurement of reflex in frog. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[Howard D. Fishburn] / Photo Reflex Studio of the Emporium. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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Joy is the reflex of terror

Our flesh shrinks from what it dreads and responds to the stimulus of what it desires by a purely reflex action of the nervous system

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Health

Reflex actions such as respiration (breathing) and responses to sound or touch may occur. (references)

An example of interaction between the visual and vestibular systems is called the vestibular-ocular reflex. (references)

Dysautonomia can be local, as in reflex sympathetic dystrophy, or generalized, as in pure autonomic failure. (references)

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Expressions using "reflex": accommodation reflex ♦ acoustic reflex ♦ acquired reflex ♦ auditory reflex ♦ aural reflex ♦ babinski reflex ♦ bass reflex ♦ conditional reflex ♦ conditioned reflex ♦ Contact Reflex Analysis ♦ Davidsohn reflex ♦ Davidson's reflex ♦ defecation reflex ♦ embrace reflex ♦ gag reflex ♦ Gastrocolic Reflex ♦ Haab reflex ♦ Head reflex massage ♦ head turning reflex ♦ inborn reflex ♦ innate reflex ♦ instinctive reflex ♦ involuntary reflex ♦ light reflex ♦ micturition reflex ♦ Moro reflex ♦ myotactic reflex ♦ oculocardiac reflex ♦ palmomental reflex ♦ patellar reflex ♦ pharyngeal reflex ♦ pilomotor reflex ♦ plantar reflex ♦ pupillary reflex ♦ rectal reflex ♦ reflex action ♦ reflex angle ♦ reflex arc ♦ reflex camera ♦ reflex copy ♦ reflex epilepsy ♦ reflex latency ♦ reflex nerve ♦ reflex print ♦ reflex reflection ♦ reflex reflector ♦ reflex sight ♦ Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy ♦ reflex time ♦ Reflex Zone Therapy of the Feet ♦ rooting reflex ♦ segmental reflex ♦ Snellen reflex ♦ spinal reflex ♦ startle reflex ♦ stretch reflex ♦ sucking reflex ♦ suckling reflex ♦ swallowing reflex ♦ Tendon reflex ♦ tonic reflex ♦ unconditioned reflex ♦ visceral reflex. Additional references.

Beginning with "reflex": reflex-action, reflex-arc, reflex-controlled, reflex-reflector.

Ending with "reflex": H-Reflex, Massage-Reflex, non-reflex, post-reflex, speed-of-reflex, twin-reflex.

Albanian

rezultat (conclusion, consequent, fruit, job, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, result, score, train, upshot), reflektimi, refleks (gleam), pasqyrimi, pasqyrim (expression, image, reflection, reflexion, rendering, representation), pasojë (after effect, aftermath, consequence, Dent, harvest, offspring, prejudice, result, sequel, train, wage), imazh (account, eidolon, frame, image, imago, reflection, reflexion), i vetvetishëm (automatic, automatical, instinctive, spontaneous, unstrained, unstudied), i pavullnetshëm (spastic, unconscious, unwilled). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كاميرا ذات صورة منعكسة, ‏نسخة طبق الأصل (duplicate, duplication, reproduction, transcript), ‏لا ارادي, ‏الفعل المنعكس, ‏إنعكس (be inverted, mirror, reflect, reverberate), ‏إنعكاس (reflection, reflexion, repercussion, reverberation, reversal), ‏إستبطاني, ‏إرتكاسي (reactive), ‏إرتد (bounce, cringe, draw back, rebound, recant, recoil, regress, renegade, renounce, reverberate, shrink, withdraw). (various references)

Bulgarian 

рефлексен (involuntary), рефлекторен, рефлекс, възвръщащ се, отразен образ, отразен (reflective, repercussive), отражение (backwash, image, mirror, reflection, reflexion, repercussion, reverberation, umbrage), огледален (mirror, specular), обърнат (inversive, inverted, reflexed, turnup), прегънат (reflexed), интроспективен (introspective). (various references)

Chinese 

反射 (reflection). (various references)

Czech

reflexívní, reflex (reflection), přemítání (deliberation), odraz svìtla, obraz (canvas, drawing, image, painting, picture, piece, presentment, representation, scene, view), mimovolný, bezdìèný (inadvertent, subconscious, unwitting). (various references)

Danish

refleks (sheen). (various references)

Dutch

reflex. (various references)

Farsi 

واکنش (Rebound, Repercussion, Response), عکس العمل غیرارادی , بازتاب (Reflection). (various references)

Finnish

heijastus (reflection), heijastuma, heijaste (jerk). (various references)

French

réflexe (reaction). (various references)

German

Reflex (reflection). (various references)

Greek 

κίνηση (actuation, ambulation, motion, motivation, move, movement, moving, turnover), ακούσια (unintenionally), ακούσιοσ (averse, involuntary, loath, reluctant, unintended, unintentional, unwilling), ανακάμπτω, αντανάκλωση, αντανάκλαση (reflection, reflexion), αντανακλώμενοσ, αντανακλαστικόσ (reflecting, reflectional, reflexive), αντανακλαστικό. (various references)

Hebrew 

תגובה (reaction, reply, response, retaliation, retort), החזר (refund, reimbursement), רפלקס. (various references)

Hungarian

reflex (accidental light), visszfény (accidental light), visszatükrözõdés, önkéntelen (automatic, involuntary, off hand, spontaneous, unintended). (various references)

Indonesian

refleks. (various references)

Italian

riflesso (effect, influence, reflection, reflexion). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

角膜反射 (corneal reflex), レバレッジ効果 (left, left wing, leverage effect, referee, referee's position, reference, reference book, reference service, reflector, reflex camera, repertoire, repertory, repertory system, review, reviewer, revue), 反射運動 (reflex action), 反射作用 (reflex action), 一眼レフカメラ (single lens reflex camera), 一眼レフ (single-lens reflex camera). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

レフレックスカメラ (reflex camera), レフ (reflex camera), かくまくはんしゃ (corneal reflex), いちがんレフカメラ (single lens reflex camera), いちがんレフ (single-lens reflex camera), はんしゃさよう (reflex action), はんしゃうんどう (reflex action). (various references)

Korean 

반사. (various references)

Manx

uillin aailley (reflex angle). (various references)

Pig Latin

eflexray.(various references)

Portuguese

reflexo (glance, glimmer, glimmering, glisten, ray, reflection, reflective, reflexion, reflexive, repercussion). (various references)

Romanian

reflexie, reflex (reflection), reflecta (chew the cud, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, mirror, reflect, reverberate, ruminate), introspectiv (introspective), indirect (backhand, circuitous, circumlocutory, circumstantial, collateral, indirect, indirectly, intermediate, oblique, roundabout). (various references)

Russian 

рефлекторный, рефлекс рефлекторный, рефлекс, отсвет, отраженный, отражение (image, rebound, reflection, reflexion), отблеск (gleam, glint, loom), образ (character, eidolon, fashion, figure, form, image, imagination, imago, picture, shape, similitude, type), непроизвольный (unconscious). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

refleksni, refleksivan (reflexive), refleks (reflexion). (various references)

Spanish

reflejo (reflection, reflexion, rinse). (various references)

Swedish

reflex (reflection). (various references)

Turkish

refleks (jerk, reflection, reflexion), yansıma (rebound, reflection, reflexion, repercussion, response, reverberation), tepke, istemsiz hareket (tic), akis (converse, echo, inversion, mirror image, reflection, reflexion, reverberation). (various references)

Ukrainian

рефлекторний, рефлекс, відбиття (projection, rebuff, reflection, reflexion, repulsion, reverberation, shedding), відбитий (echoic, reflective), зображення (depiction, description, effigy, icon, ikon, image, impersonation, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, prefiguration, presentment, representation, resemblance, simulacrum, video). (various references)

Welsh

atblyg, adweithred. (various references)

reflexus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "reflex": reflexed, reflexes, reflexing, reflexion, reflexions, reflexive, reflexively, reflexiveness, reflexivenesses, reflexives, reflexivities, reflexivity, reflexly, reflexologies, reflexology. (additional references)

Words containing "reflex": irreflexive. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Reflex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Oraflex, Refelt, refex, Refiloe, reflew, Reflexe, reflexs, reflus, relex. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fleer, refel.

-2 letters: feel, fere, flee, flex, free, leer, reef, reel.

-3 letters: eel, elf, ere, fee, fer, lee, lex, ree, ref, rex.

-4 letters: ef, el, er, ex, re.

+1 letter: flexure.

+2 letters: flexures, reflexed, reflexes, reflexly, refluxed, refluxes.

+3 letters: reflexing, reflexion, reflexive, retroflex.

+4 letters: fourplexes, reflexions, reflexives.

+5 letters: irreflexive, reflexively, reflexivity, reflexology.