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Definition of Inborn reflex
1. Noun. An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus.
Specialized synonyms: Accommodation Reflex, Babinski, Babinski Reflex, Babinski Sign, Belch, Belching, Burp, Burping, Eructation, Blink, Blinking, Eye Blink, Nictation, Nictitation, Wink, Winking, Blush, Flush, Disgorgement, Emesis, Puking, Regurgitation, Vomit, Vomiting, Defecation Reflex, Rectal Reflex, Oscitance, Oscitancy, Yawn, Yawning, Electric Shock, Electrical Shock, Shock, Breaking Wind, Fart, Farting, Flatus, Wind, Gulp, Gulping, Knee Jerk, Knee-jerk Reflex, Patellar Reflex, Light Reflex, Miosis, Myosis, Pupillary Reflex, Mydriasis, Micturition Reflex, Gag Reflex, Pharyngeal Reflex, Goose Bump, Goose Pimple, Goose Skin, Goosebump, Gooseflesh, Horripilation, Pilomotor Reflex, Plantar Reflex, Rooting Reflex, Jump, Start, Startle, Myotactic Reflex, Stretch Reflex, Suckling Reflex, Shake, Shiver, Tremble, Sneeze, Sneezing, Sternutation, Hiccough, Hiccup, Singultus
Generic synonyms: Reaction, Response
Derivative terms: Reflex
Medical Definition of Inborn reflex
1. A reflex such as breathing that is innate. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inborn Reflex
Literary usage of Inborn reflex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mind of the Child: Observations Concerning the Mental Development of the by William T. Preyer (1898)
"Here we have, besides, a case of inborn reflex activity of a gland within the
domain of one and the same nerve; for the centripetal and the centrifugal ..."
2. The Mind of the Child: Observations Concerning the Mental Development of the by William T. Preyer (1895)
"Here we have, besides, a case of inborn reflex activity of a gland within the
domain of one and the same nerve; for the centripetal and the centrifugal ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1894)
"Evidence of inborn reflex. 5. Difficulty of determining when colors are first
discriminated. 6. Association of name with a given color. 7. ..."
4. Physical Expression, Its Modes and Principles by Francis Warner (1886)
"A second effect of light is to produce new, not inborn, reflex actions, as
indicated by the production of retentiveness in the nerve-mechanism to the ..."
5. The Essentials of Child Study: Including Class Outlines, Brief Discussions by George Washington Andrew Luckey (1917)
"Shaking the head and nodding: The former is an inborn reflex, instinctive movement
and the latter an acquired one. Shaking the head becomes expressive ..."
6. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"It is evident that it must have been some form of inborn reflex action and may
have been instinctive. A habit may therefore grow directly out of an instinct ..."
7. Physical Expression: Its Modes and Principles by Francis Warner (1885)
"A second effect of light is to produce new, not inborn, reflex actions, as
indicated by the production of retentiveness in the nerve-mechanism to the ..."
8. The Genetic and the Operative Evidence Relating to Secondary Sexual Characters by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1919)
"His activity may be an inborn reflex to visual or other sensory stimuli that is
a part of his attack on the female, or possibly a series of reflexes that we ..."
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