reflex response
- noun
- /ˈrɪflɛks rɪˈspɑns/
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respuesta reflejo
- When touched unexpectedly, she flinched in a reflex response to the sudden stimulus.
Most people are like that as a reflex response for sure.
- Most people are like that as a reflex response for sure.
Examples
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However, there is evidence that local cutaneous thermoreceptors are the initial reflex response to exercise and may trigger the hypothalamus to act on the pituitary gland, which in turn stimulates the sweat glands.
Academic text (1993) -
The doctor explained that blinking is a normal reflex response when something approaches the eye.
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Most people are like that as a reflex response for sure.
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This strongly suggests that a reflex response may be highly subject-dependent.
Academic text (2001) -
My reflex response is to say we need to get rid of guns, but people intent on murder and destruction will always find a way, even if they have to invent and manufacture it themselves.
Blog text (8) -
28 Flower notes that the earliest reported elicited reflex response from an embryo occurred at 7.5 weeks.
Academic text (1990) -
Reflex activation and spillover were not mutually exclusive, and many of these electrodes also produced both spillover and reflex responses.
Academic text (2001) -
The patellar tendon reflex response is graded from zero to 4+, with zero being considered hypotonic, 2 normal, and 4+ hypertonic (clonus).
Academic text (1991) -
During the experiment, the mouse displayed a quick reflex response to the loud noise.
Synonyms
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3.7
A quick action you do without thinking in response to something
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4.3
A strong first feeling you have without thinking
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3.4
A quick movement your body makes without thinking, for example pulling your hand from something hot
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4.5
An automatic body response to something that affects it, like sweating or a faster heartbeat
An automatic body response to a signal without learning
A quick action you do without thinking
An automatic body response to a touch or sound that happens without thinking
An automatic action your body makes without being taught
An automatic action a baby does without learning
How Automatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'reflex' (an automatic, unlearned bodily reaction) with 'response' (a reaction); the phrase essentially restates the same concept in a compound noun. This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand the MWE.
Etymology
Reflex response is a noun that comes from the body's quick, automatic actions: a reflex is a sudden movement the body makes without thinking and a response is its reaction. For example, blinking when something comes near your eye or the knee jerking from a tap shows why the phrase means a 'reaction without thinking'.