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STARTLE REACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does startle reaction mean?
• STARTLE REACTION (noun)
The noun STARTLE REACTION has 1 sense:
1. a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions
Familiarity information: STARTLE REACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
startle reaction; startle response
Hypernyms ("startle reaction" is a kind of...):
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