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Rooting reflex Moderate

Rooting reflex has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek

2

a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
reflex
Rhyming Words
lex alex clex flex ilex ulex plex culex pulex silex solex rolex telex galex nuplex duplex emulex inflex suplex scolex
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