Look up: Suck Reflex

1. Suck Reflex
   A reflex in an infant that enables feeding. When the roof of the baby's mouth is touched, the baby will begin to suck to take food in, either through a bottle or the breast. The sucking reflex is not fully developed until about 36 weeks, so premature babies may have a weak sucking reflex.
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2. suck-swallow reflex
   rhythmical sucking and swallowing movements in an infant when a finger or nipple is placed in the mouth.
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3. sucking reflex
   sucking movements of the lips of an infant elicited by touching the lips or the skin near the mouth.
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4. sucking reflex
   (from the article `human behaviour`) ...two hours old typically will follow a moving light with his eyes and will blink or close them at the sudden appearance of a bright light or at a ...
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5. suckling reflex
   [n] - reflex behavior in newborn mammals
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6. suckling reflex
   The reflex liberation of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the hypophysis evoked by stimulation of nerves in the nipple during the act of suckling by the newborn animal. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. suckling reflex
   noun reflex behavior in newborn mammals; includes finding and grasping the nipple in the mouth and sucking on it and swallowing the milk
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8. suckling reflex
   Type: Term Definitions: 1. the reflex liberation of prolactin from the anterior lobe of the hypophysis evoked by stimulation of nerves in the nipple during the act of suckling by the newborn animal.
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