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   Reflex , a. [L. reflexus, p. p. of reflectere: cf. F. réflexe. See Reflect.]
    Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
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   The reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions.
   Sir M. Hale.
   
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   Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return.
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   (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of consciousness.
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   Reflex action (Physiol.), any action performed involuntarily in consequence of an impulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nerve center, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so calls into action certain muscles, organs, or cells. -- Reflex nerve (Physiol.), an excito-motory nerve. See Exito-motory.
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