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| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | The physiological response to a sudden stimulus. This emergency state is produced by an increased secretion of adrenalin, which in turn causes an increase in blood pressure, in sweating, in heart rate, in respiration rate, and in muscular contraction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "STARTLING EFFECT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | startle refleks (startle reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schrikreflex (startle reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | säpsähdysrefleksi (startle reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sursaut (start), tressaillement (startle reaction), effet de surprise (startle reaction), effet d'alarme (startle reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schreckreaktion (startle reaction), Erschrecken (affright, appal, be frightened, be startled, dismay, frighten, give a shock, give a start, horrify, make jump, scare, start, startle, terrify, to frighten, to horrify, to scare), Aufschrecken (be startled, jolt, rouse, scare, start up, startle, to scare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φοβική αντίδραση (anxiety reaction, startle reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trasalimento (startle reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | artlingstay effectay sobressalto (fright, gasp, habdabs, jar, jolt, jump, rumble-tumble, scare, shock, surprise), efeito de surpresa (startle reaction), efeito de alarme (startle reaction). (various references) sobresalto (fright, shock), reacción ante la sorpresa (startle reaction). (various references) försvarsreaktion (startle reaction), alarmreaktion (startle reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-f-g-i-l-n-r-s-t-t-t" | |
-4 letters: telecasting. | |
-5 letters: argentites, centralest, centralise, centralist, certainest, cigarettes, clattering, clientages, estreating, flatteners, flatteries, flattering, generalist, integrates, intercaste, interfaces, interlaces, interstage, interstate, letterings, linecaster, rectangles, reflecting, reinflates, resettling, restaffing, scattering. | |
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| 1. Translations: Modern 2. Anagrams 3. Bibliography |
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