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Moro reflexes

Moro reflexes is the plural of Moro reflex.

Meaning of Moro reflex

Noun

Moro reflex (plural Moro reflexes)

  1. A normal primitive reflex elicited by a sudden stimulus, involving abduction and extension of the arms, followed by adduction; it develops between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation and disappears at 3–6 months of age.
    • For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream. […] But it was all over in time for my daughter to catch the Nigeria v Argentina World Cup game that evening, during which she seemed to reckon everything was...2014 December 5, Marina Hyde, “Childbirth is as awful as it is magical, thanks to our postnatal ‘care’”, in The Guardian

Questions about Moro reflexes

What is Moro reflexes the plural of?
Moro reflexes is the plural of Moro reflex.

Words near Moro reflexes in the dictionary

  1. mornyngs
  2. morné
  3. Moro
  4. Moro Province
  5. Moro reflex
  6. Moro reflexes
  7. Morocborocan
  8. Moroccan
  9. Moroccan Arabic
  10. Moroccan Darija
  11. Moroccan Dirham

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