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ROOTING REFLEX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rooting reflex mean?
• ROOTING REFLEX (noun)
The noun ROOTING REFLEX has 1 sense:
1. reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek
Familiarity information: ROOTING REFLEX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rooting reflex" is a kind of...):
inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)
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