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Definition of Gag reflex

1. Noun. Normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth.

Definition of Gag reflex

1. Noun. A reflex contraction of the back of the throat, evoked by touching the soft palate. ¹

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Medical Definition of Gag reflex

1. Contact of a foreign body with the mucous membrane of the fauces causes retching or gagging. Synonym: faucial reflex. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gag Reflex

Literary usage of Gag reflex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Digestive Organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"gag reflex absent. Eosinophilia. Clammy hands and feet. ... Intestinal relaxation. Tonsils atrophie. gag reflex marked. ..."

2. Risk Assessment for Neurobehavioral Toxicity edited by Bernard Weiss, Jurg Elsner (1997)
"Weakness in the tongue or atrophy of the tongue muscles may indicate damage to cranial nerve XII; absence of a gag reflex induced by inserting a finger into ..."

3. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1921)
"The gag reflex was absent and the insertion of the tube into the trachea caused no reflex cough or discomfort to the patient. The difficulty in deglutition ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"The pharyngeal reflex (gag-reflex) is altered in vagotonic states (qv). Retropharyngeal abscess, causing the posterior wall of the pharynx to project ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"... absent gag reflex, clammy hands and feet and cessation of menstruation. In striking contrast to these symptoms were those of a marked sym- ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"... absent gag reflex, clammy hands and feet and cessation of menstruation. In striking contrast to these symptoms w-ere those of a marked sym- ..."

7. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"(c) Diminished or absent gag-reflex is often seen (without palatal paralysis) in neurasthenic states, associated with corneal ..."

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