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Gag Reflex

Definition: Gag Reflex

Gag Reflex

Noun

1. Normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth.

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

Synonym: Gag Reflex

Synonym: pharyngeal reflex (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Gag Reflex

DomainUsage

Screenplays

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gag Reflex

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Health

Symptoms of upper motor neuron involvement include tight and stiff muscles (spasticity) and exaggerated reflexes (hyperreflexia) including an overactive gag reflex. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gag Reflex

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gag reflex

61
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Gag Reflex

Language Translations for "gag reflex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

aggay eflexray.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Gag Reflex

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-g-g-l-r-x"

-2 letters: flagger.

-3 letters: galere, gargle, lagger, raggee, raggle, reflex, regale, reggae.

-4 letters: agger, aglee, agree, argle, eager, eagle, eagre, eggar, egger, farle, feral, flare, fleer, gager, glare, lager, laree, large, laxer, leger, ragee, refel, regal, relax.

-5 letters: agee, ager, alee, alef, axel, axle, earl, egal, eger, falx, fare, farl, feal, fear, feel, fere, flag, flax, flea, flee, flex, frae, frag, free, gage, gale, gear, glee, gleg, gree, leaf, lear, leer, rage, rale, real, reef, reel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Gag Reflex


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 61 67      52 65 66 6C 65 78

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100001 01100111 00100000 01010010 01100101 01100110 01101100 01100101 01111000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#97 &#103 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#102 &#108 &#101 &#120

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0061 0067      0052 0065 0066 006C 0065 0078

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4167732527172787190

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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