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Hemself

Themselves used reflexively

Reflux

Returning or flowing back reflex as reflux action

Knee jerk

upon the patellar tendon of the knee which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle the patellar reflex

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Kinesodic

as kinesodic substance applied esp to the spinal cord because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly

Hysteria

A nervous affection occurring almost exclusively in women in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated and the will power correspondingly diminished so that the patient loses control over the emotions

Excito secretory

Exciting secretion said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion by which the various glands are excited to action

Excito nutrient

Exciting nutrition said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified

Excito motory

Exciting motion said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce

Excito motion

Motion excited by reflex nerves See Excito motory

Dingdong theory

The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions that is as stated by Max Muumlller the creative faculty gave to each

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