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reflex

re·flex

reflex

 
 
parts of speech:
adjective, noun, transitive verb
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part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: ri fleks
definition 1: denoting or pertaining to an involuntary physiological response or reaction to a stimulus.
similar words:
involuntary
definition 2: thrown, turned, or reflected back.
definition 3: reactive or responsive.
Word Combinations  About this feature
(adj.)reflex + noun act, action, activity, amplitude, analysis, arc, baseline, behavior, camera, condition, contraction, decrease, dystrophy, exercise, finder, image, leg, magnitude, mechanism, mirror, model, modulation, motion, neurosis, pain, paradigm, picture, reaction, response, result, shock, stimulus, testing, theory, threshold  [See all][See only the most frequent]
 
part of speech: noun
pronunciation: ri fleks
definition 1: an involuntary physiological response to a stimulus.
similar words:
mechanism
definition 2: a habitual response.
His political views are merely reflexes.
similar words:
mechanism
definition 3: (pl.) ability to respond quickly.
a tennis player with good reflexes
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)reflex absent, acoustic, automatic, conditioned, digital, diving, exact, fast, grasping, hair-trigger, ideological, impaired, intact, involuntary, laryngeal, mere, nervous, normal, orienting, positive, primitive, proper, protective, pure, quick, quicker, rooting, round, single, sluggish, stapedial, sucking, trained, useless, vomiting, weak [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)reflex activate, assess, blunt, decrease, demonstrate, duck, elicit, enhance, hone, inhibit, measure, orient, react, retain, slow, startle, stiffen, stimulate, suppress, test, train, trigger  [See all][See only the most frequent]
(n.)reflex + verb cause, correspond, disappear, dull, evoke, facilitate, impair, induce, initiate, kick, mediate, occur, snap, spit, suck, tap, tense, tune
noun + (n.)reflex Help absence, activation, baroreceptor, coordination, cough, electrode, gag, habit, irritation, judgment, lens, letdown, lightning, measurement, micturition, moro, muscle, nerve, pack, pathway, retention, slowing, speed, stretch, swallow, tactic, tendon, throat, tonic, vomit, withdrawal [See all][See only the most frequent]
 
part of speech: transitive verb
pronunciation: ri fleks
inflections: reflexes, reflexing, reflexed
definition: to bend, fold, or turn back.
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The word reflex contains the following part:
flect, flex Latin root that means bend