| LOR | long open reading frame; lorazepam; loricrin; loss of righting reflex |
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| LR | labeled release; laboratory references; laboratory report; labor room; lactated Ringer [solution]; l... |
| LRR | labyrinthine righting reflex; lymph return rate |
| MR | Maddox rods; magnetic resistance; magnetic resonance; mandibular reflex; mannose-resistant; may repe... |
| NDR | neonatal death rate; normal detrusor reflex |
| reflex arc | The route followed by nerve impulses in the production of a reflex act, from the peripheral receptor organ through the afferent nerve to the central nervous system synapse and then through the efferent nerve to the effector organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| reflex asthma | Asthma occurring as a reflex in disease of the viscera, the nose, or other parts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex, babinski | An abnormal reflex consisting of dorsiflexion of the big toe on stimulation of the sole of the foot. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reflex control | Nerve impulses transmitted to the muscles to maintain normal reflex action. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex cough | A cough excited reflexly by irritation in some distant part, as the ear or the stomach. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex detrusor contraction | Normal coordinated function of the bladder with sustained contractions of the bladder matched by simultaneous relaxation of the sphincteric outlet mechanisms to empty the bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex dyspepsia | Functional dyspepsia excited by reflex irritation from disease elsewhere than in the stomach or intestines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex epilepsy | Seizures which are induced by peripheral stimulation; e.g., audiogenic, laryngeal, photogenic, or other stimulation. Synonym: sensory precipitated epilepsy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex headache | A headache secondary to another organic condition. Synonym: reflex headache. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex incontinence | In neurogenic disorders, loss of urine due to detrusor hyperreflexia and/or involuntary urethral relaxation in the absence of the desire to void. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex inhibition | A situation in which sensory stimuli decrease reflex activity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex iridoplegia | Absence of the pupillary light reflex, as in the Argyll Robertson pupil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex, let down | The let down reflex of the mother is an involuntary reflex during breastfeeding which causes the milk to flow freely. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reflex ligament | <anatomy> A triangular fibrous band extending from the aponeurosis of the external oblique to the pubic tubercle of the opposite side. See: aponeurosis of external abdominal oblique muscle. Synonym: ligamentum reflexum, Colles' ligament, fascia triangularis abdominis, reflex ligament, triangular fascia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reflex movement | An involuntary movement resulting from a sensory stimulus. (05 Mar 2000) |