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STARTLING EFFECT

Specialty Definition: STARTLING EFFECT

DomainDefinition

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.

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Modern Translation: STARTLING EFFECT

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

   

Portuguese

  

sobressalto (fright, gasp, habdabs, jar, jolt, jump, rumble-tumble, scare, shock, surprise), efeito de surpresa (startle reaction), efeito de alarme (startle reaction). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sobresalto (fright, shock), reacción ante la sorpresa (startle reaction). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

försvarsreaktion (startle reaction), alarmreaktion (startle reaction). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: STARTLING EFFECT

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.

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

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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