rooting reflex
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Rooting reflex — A reflex seen in newborn babies, who automatically turn their face toward the stimulus and make sucking (rooting) motions with the mouth when the cheek or lip is touched. The rooting reflex helps to ensure breastfeeding. * * * a primitive reflex… … Medical dictionary
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 — 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
