Definition of Moro reflex

1. Noun. A normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs.

Exact synonyms: Startle Reflex
Generic synonyms: Jump, Start, Startle

Medical Definition of Moro reflex

1. The reflex response of an infant (contraction of the limb and neck muscles) when allowed to drop a short distance through the air or startled by a sudden noise or jolt. Synonym: Moro reflex, parachute reflex, startle reaction. Synonym: cochleopalpebral reflex. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moro Reflex

Mormonism
Mormonite
Mormonites
Mormonization
Mormonize
Mormonized
Mormonizes
Mormonizing
Mormons
Mornay sauce
Morner's test
Morning Star
Mornington Crescent
Moro
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Moro reflex
Moroccan
Moroccan Arabic
Moroccan dirham
Moroccan monetary unit
Moroccans
Morocco
Morocco agencies
Morohashi
Morone
Morone americana
Morone interrupta
Moroni
Moronis
Morori

Literary usage of Moro reflex

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

1. Guide for Using Medical Batteries: Showing the Most Approved Apparatus by Alfred Charles Garratt (1867)
"... more sensation or pain, moro reflex action. B and C yields the ordinary faradaic current, and is probably the one that is most frequently required ..."

2. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"Neonatal factors that were found to be of predictive value included: an abnormal neurological exam on discharge; an absent moro reflex for >6 days; ..."

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