MICTURITION REFLEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does micturition reflex mean? 

• MICTURITION REFLEX (noun)
  The noun MICTURITION REFLEX has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MICTURITION REFLEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICTURITION REFLEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("micturition reflex" is a kind of...):

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

 Context examples 

Flavoxate binds and inhibits muscarinic receptors, thereby suppressing the micturition reflex and increases urinary bladder capacity by modifying the micturition center in the brain stem.

(Flavoxate, NCI Thesaurus)