gag reflex

1. 1.

   normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth

   Synonymspharyngeal reflex

   Broaderreflex

Questions about gag reflex

What does gag reflex mean?

gag reflex means "normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth".

What is another word for gag reflex?

Close synonyms include pharyngeal 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 gag reflex a common word?

gag 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.