moro reflex

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

   Synonymsstartle reflex

   Broaderstartle

Questions about moro reflex

What does moro reflex mean?

moro reflex means "a normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs".

What is another word for moro reflex?

Close synonyms include startle 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 moro reflex a common word?

moro 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.