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quadriceps reflex

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patellar reflex

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Words nearby quadriceps reflex

quadricentenary, quadricentennial, quadricep, quadriceps, quadriceps muscle of thigh, quadriceps reflex, quadric surface, quadricycle, quadriennial, quadriennium, quadrifid

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How to use quadriceps reflex in a sentence

But when a serial sex predator is playing fanboy, the gag reflex kicks in.
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Worry has become as automatic a reflex as breathing in your sleep.
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Then came the moment when a reflex born of a lifetime with a badge caused him to check the door window at the end of the car.
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He is quite a bundle of stimulus and reflex, with no reflection.
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The term Affluenza caused a national gag reflex—and as a doctor I can assure you that, no, Affluenza is not a real affliction.
No, Affluenza Is Not a Real Thing|Dr. Michelle K. London|December 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Even if I were to be shot, the reflex action of my fingers would pull the trigger of this revolver and McGinty will die.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
The reflex excitability is lowered and the sensibility diminished.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy|Alexander Hughes Bennett
It came, I think, out of just such an automatic reflex as causes an "opening" in conversation to call forth its own obvious reply.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions
The reflex action on his sensitive mind first stunned, and then warped his senses.
Etidorhpa or the End of Earth.|John Uri Lloyd
Such a physiological relation of things is termed reflex action.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking|Wesley Mills