- unconditioned reflex
- nounan automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus• Syn:↑reflex, ↑reflex response, ↑reflex action, ↑instinctive reflex, ↑innate reflex, ↑inborn reflex, ↑physiological reaction• Hyponyms:↑accommodation reflex, ↑Babinski, ↑Babinski reflex, ↑Babinski sign, ↑belch, ↑belching, ↑burp, ↑burping, ↑eructation, ↑blink, ↑eye blink, ↑blinking, ↑wink, ↑winking, ↑nictitation, ↑nictation, ↑blush, ↑flush, ↑vomit, ↑vomiting, ↑emesis, ↑regurgitation, ↑disgorgement, ↑puking, ↑defecation reflex, ↑rectal reflex, ↑yawn, ↑yawning, ↑oscitance, ↑oscitancy, ↑electric shock, ↑electrical shock, ↑shock, ↑fart, ↑farting, ↑flatus, ↑wind, ↑breaking wind, ↑gulp, ↑gulping, ↑knee jerk, ↑knee-jerk reflex, ↑patellar reflex, ↑light reflex, ↑pupillary reflex, ↑miosis, ↑myosis, ↑mydriasis, ↑micturition reflex, ↑pharyngeal reflex, ↑gag reflex, ↑pilomotor reflex, ↑gooseflesh, ↑goose bump, ↑goosebump, ↑goose pimple, ↑goose skin, ↑horripilation, ↑plantar reflex, ↑rooting reflex, ↑startle, ↑jump, ↑start, ↑stretch reflex, ↑myotactic reflex, ↑suckling reflex, ↑tremble, ↑shiver, ↑shake, ↑sneeze, ↑sneezing, ↑sternutation, ↑hiccup, ↑hiccough, ↑singultus
* * *noun: a reflex that is inborn or dependent on physiological maturation rather than on learning
* * *unconditioned response or unconditioned reflex,Psychology. a response that occurs without specific learning or experience when a stimulus is presented. The knee jerk is an unconditioned reflex.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.