defecation reflex

1. 1.

   normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum

   Synonymsrectal reflex

   Broaderreflex

Questions about defecation reflex

What does defecation reflex mean?

defecation reflex means "normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum".

What is another word for defecation reflex?

Close synonyms include rectal reflex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is defecation reflex a common word?

defecation reflex is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.