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1. An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
   - reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction

1. Without volition or conscious control
   "a reflex knee jerk"
   - automatic, reflexive

Derived forms: reflexes

See also: involuntary, reflexly

Type of: reaction, response

Encyclopedia: Reflex, acoustic Reflex, babinski Reflex Reflex, abnormal Reflex, stretch Reflex, vestibulo-ocular Reflex, oculocardiac Reflex, pupillary