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Thank you click on any link with a Japanese girl in the title reflex. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Post imperial reflex is certainly part of the problem but there's more. From Wordnik.com. [Why Are British Troops in Afghanistan? « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference
A residuum of inhibition in the reflex is traceable to the crossed afferent nerve employed. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Ask a scientist a question and her reflex is to give you an answer that relies on her area of specialty. From Wordnik.com. [Reflexology | Impact Lab] Reference
The rate will differ too at different stages of the same reflex and according as the reflex is weak or strong. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference
I also hate the way I treat other people in the aftermath of being scared: my fight or flight reflex is broken, you see. From Wordnik.com. [a day without a bruise is wasted.] Reference
I refer to the apparent transfer of impressions from one retina to the other, to which I have given the name reflex vision. From Wordnik.com. [Medical Essays, 1842-1882] Reference
A reflex is triggered, and the palate rises, closing off the nasal passage and allowing the saliva to flow into your pharynx. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Beijing Coma by Ma Jian] Reference
This "reciprocal innervation" was quickly found to be of wide occurrence in reflex actions operating the skeletal musculature. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Charles Sherrington - Nobel Lecture] Reference
The first mode has already been called the reflex mode. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.] Reference
Your gag reflex is commendable … keep on keepin’ on. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bolten Says Iraqi Speaker, Who Called U.S. ‘Butchers,’ Appreciates ‘the Sacrifice Americans Have Made’] Reference
She was suffering from what the doctor called reflex headache. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Teacups] Reference
So is he lying or is he misreading a sign that you would call a reflex?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2005] Reference
Most Gynecologists request their cytology labs to perform so-called reflex. From Wordnik.com. [Blisstree] Reference
These instances cannot be called reflex disturbances, and are most interesting. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
It can nevertheless give rise to a movement which is described as a reflex action. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1906 - Presentation Speech] Reference
She was actually diagnosed with something called reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 6, 2009] Reference
When the irritation extends from the periphery of the center it is termed reflex paralysis. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
Simple reflexes (e.g. the startle reflex, which is protective in nature and has survival value). From Wordnik.com. [Integral Options Cafe] Reference
The third type is epilepsy triggered by lights, sounds or chewing and is called reflex epilepsy. From Wordnik.com. [eHow - Health How To's] Reference
It ` s called reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and she really just -- it put her in pain all the time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2005] Reference
If, on the other hand, the touch is forceful the reflex is amplified and becomes stronger and stronger. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000 - Presentation Speech] Reference
But as men, as warriors, and especially as heroes, such a reflex could be a distraction if it was allowed. From Wordnik.com. [Peripheral Anthropomorphism and the Fall of Troy] Reference
This kind of response to stimuli is purely mechanical, or non-mental, and is ordinarily termed reflex action. From Wordnik.com. [Mind and Motion and Monism] Reference
She may have reflexes that are viewed during an exam, but a reflex is a far cry from cognition and intention. From Wordnik.com. [17 Medical Affidavits about Terri Schiavo] Reference
You have to provide sufficient stimulation to the spinal cord and then it activates a reflex, which is ultimately an orgasmic response. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 30, 2003] Reference
The mammalian diving reflex is justweird. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “That’s Only Air Escaping the Body”] Reference
What happens to the 'reflex' auditory miming then?. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpton Skewers Absurd "Hillary's Pandering Accent" Narrative] Reference
And I think he just has this kind of reflex stick (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2009] Reference
So I think this is a call that was made in the usual kind of reflex way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 25, 2002] Reference
He said that an anti-Israeli stance had become a "reflex" action at international summits. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Such involuntary responses we know as 'reflex' acts. From Wordnik.com. [The Analysis of Mind] Reference
The dual influence crossing had to produce some kind of reflex action. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Culture] Reference
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