micturition reflex

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   relaxation of the urethral sphincter in response to increased pressure in the bladder

   Broaderreflex

Questions about micturition reflex

What does micturition reflex mean?

micturition reflex means "relaxation of the urethral sphincter in response to increased pressure in the bladder".

Is micturition reflex a common word?

micturition 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.