rooting reflex — noun reflex consisting of head turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek • Hypernyms: ↑reflex, ↑reflex response, ↑reflex action, ↑instinctive reflex, ↑innate reflex, ↑inborn reflex … Useful english dictionary
rooting reflex — noun a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple … Wiktionary
rooting reflex — a primitive reflex present in newborn babies: if the cheek is stroked near the mouth, the infant will turn its head to the same side to suckle … The new mediacal dictionary
rooting reflex — /ˈrutɪŋ riflɛks/ (say roohting reefleks) noun the feeding reflex in newborn babies which causes them to turn, with mouth open wide, towards whatever touches the cheek …
Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… … Medical dictionary
reflex action — noun an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus • Syn: ↑reflex, ↑reflex response, ↑instinctive reflex, ↑innate reflex, ↑inborn reflex, ↑unconditioned reflex, ↑physiological reaction … Useful english dictionary
reflex response — noun an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus • Syn: ↑reflex, ↑reflex action, ↑instinctive reflex, ↑innate reflex, ↑inborn reflex, ↑unconditioned reflex, ↑physiological reaction … Useful english dictionary
reflex — n. an automatic or involuntary activity brought about by relatively simple nervous circuits, without consciousness being necessarily involved. Thus a painful stimulus such as a pinprick will bring about the reflex of withdrawing the finger before … The new mediacal dictionary
Reflex — For other uses, see Reflex (disambiguation). A reflex action, also known as a reflex, is an involuntary and nearly instantaneous movement in response to a stimulus.[1] A true reflex is a behavior which is mediated via the reflex arc; this does… … Wikipedia
Rooting — Als frühkindlicher bzw. primitiver Reflex oder Primitivreflex, engl.: neonatal reflex, wird in der Medizin ein typisches und reproduzierbares Reaktionsmuster auf gezielte äußere Reize bezeichnet. Diese Reflexe laufen ohne Beteiligung des… … Deutsch Wikipedia
