Meaning Of The Word Reflex

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What's The Definition Of Reflex?

reflex
countable noun: A reflex or a reflex action is something that you do automatically and without thinking, as a habit or as a reaction to something.

reflex in American English
reflection, as of light
adjective: noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector
noun: movement caused by a reflex response
transitive verb: to subject to a reflex process

reflex in British English
noun: an immediate involuntary response, esp one that is innate, such as coughing or removal of the hand from a hot surface, evoked by a given stimulus

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