| reflex |
A response mediated by the nervous system.
Ãâó: www.azspinabifida.org/gloss.html
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| refractory |
Resistant to treatment. Resection, intestinal: The surgical removal of a diseased portion of the intestines.
Ãâó: www.iffgd.org/GIDisorders/glossary.html
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| refraction |
Changes in the direction of energy propagation as a result of density changes within the propagating medium. In weather terms, this is important on determining how a radar beam reacts in the atmosphere.
Ãâó: www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/append/glossary_...
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| reflex |
The action which results from the stimulation of sensory neurons, affecting efferent neurons, without the intermediation of consciousness. It is not essential that the action be unconscious, but only that consciousness, or volition, shall not affect the action.
Ãâó: www.meridianinstitute.com/eamt/files/burns2/bur2gl...
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| reflected |
Curved or turned round, as the chain or line from the collar of an animal thrown over his back.
Ãâó: digiserve.com/heraldry/pimb_r.htm
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