chemoreflex

chemoreflex
A reflex initiated by the stimulation of chemoreceptors, e.g., of a carotid body.

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che·mo·re·flex .kē-mō-'rē-.fleksalso .kem-ō- n a physiological reflex initiated by a chemical stimulus or in a chemoreceptor
chemoreflex adj of, relating to, or dependent on a chemoreflex

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