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

1 sense of stretch reflex

Sense 1
stretch reflex, myotactic reflex -- (reflex contraction of a muscle when an attached tendon is pulled; important in maintaining erect posture)
       => reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction -- (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)