startle response

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startle response - a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactionsstartle reactionstartle, jump, start - a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

startle response

[′stärd·əl ri‚späns] (physiology) The complex, involuntary, usually spasmodic psychophysiological response movement of an organism to a sudden unexpected stimulus.

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startle response

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noun a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise)

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startle reaction

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