Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rectal_reflex

1 sense of rectal reflex

Sense 1
defecation reflex, rectal reflex -- (normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum)
       => reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction -- (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)