Definition of reflex

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Reflex (n.) An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.

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Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
Reflex :: Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.
Reflex :: Reflex (a.) Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return..
Absent :: Absent (v. t.) To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
Range :: Range (n.) To place (as a single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc..
Couch :: Couch (v. t.) To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Submit :: Submit (v. t.) To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun..
Deport :: Deport (v. t.) To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..
Reflexly :: Reflexly (adv.) In a reflex manner; reflectively.
Slue :: Slue (v. t.) In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round..
Reflex :: Reflex (a.) Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
Reflux :: Reflux (a.) Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action..
Reflexed :: Reflexed (a.) Bent backward or outward.
Unbosom :: Unbosom (v. t.) To disclose freely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self..
Excito-nutrient :: Excito-nutrient (a) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.
Conduct :: Conduct (n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well..
Overeat :: Overeat (v. t. & i.) To eat to excess; -- often with a reflexive.
Consensual :: Consensual (v. i.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions..
Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..
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