rooting reflex

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   reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek

   Broaderreflex

Questions about rooting reflex

What does rooting reflex mean?

rooting reflex means "reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek".

Is rooting reflex a common word?

rooting 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.