swallowing reflex

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Swallowing caused by stimulation of the palate, fauces, or posterior pharyngeal wall.pharyngeal reflex

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

But when a serial sex predator is playing fanboy, the gag reflex kicks in.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Even the most enterprising toddler would have a hard time swallowing one.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R.|Russell Saunders|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Worry has become as automatic a reflex as breathing in your sleep.
The Israeli App Red Alert Saves Lives—but It Just Might Drive You Nuts|Itay Hod|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If “glory” means swallowing back up those 14 former SSRs, then he does have to be countered.
Three Questions for Ukraine Hawks|Michael Tomasky|March 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

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.
My Patrol With the NYPD’s Bill Bratton|Michael Daly|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
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
They boasted that it had the faculty of swallowing any other metal, while powerful heat caused it to disappear entirely.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878|Various
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