| accommodation reflex | reflex changes in the eyes that enable an object to be focused on the retina |
Babinski
Babinski reflex
Babinski sign | extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front, normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons |
| means test | an inquiry into the financial position of someone applying for financial aid |
test
trial
run | the act of testing something, in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately, he called each flip of the coin a new trial |
clinical trial
clinical test | a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects, in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use |
preclinical trial
preclinical test
preclinical phase | a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects, conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial |
| test trial | the act of undergoing testing, he survived the great test of battle, candidates must compete in a trial of skill |
| screen test | a filmed audition of an actor or actress |
MOT
MOT test
Ministry of Transportation test | a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes |
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 |
conditional reflex
conditioned reflex
acquired reflex
conditional reaction
conditioned reaction
conditional response
conditioned response | an acquired response that is under the control of (conditional on the occurrence of) a stimulus |
knee jerk
knee-jerk reflex
patellar reflex | a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon |
startle reflex
Moro reflex | a normal reflex of young infants, a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs |
light reflex
pupillary reflex
miosis
myosis | reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller |
| micturition reflex | relaxation of the urethral sphincter in response to increased pressure in the bladder |
pharyngeal reflex
gag reflex | normal reflex consisting of retching, may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth |
pilomotor reflex
gooseflesh
goose bump
goosebump
goose pimple
goose skin
horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
| plantar reflex | flexion of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front in persons over the age of years, under years the results should be extension of the toes (Babinski reflex) |
| rooting reflex | reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek |
stretch reflex
myotactic reflex | reflex contraction of a muscle when an attached tendon is pulled, important in maintaining erect posture |
| suckling reflex | reflex behavior in newborn mammals, includes finding and grasping the nipple in the mouth and sucking on it and swallowing the milk |
test mental test
mental testing
psychometric test | any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc, the test was standardized on a large sample of students |
intelligence test
IQ test | a psychometric test of intelligence, they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests |
| Stanford-Binet test | revision of the Binet-Simon Scale |
| personality test | any test that is intended to assess personality |
projective test
projective device
projective technique | any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations |
Rorschach
Rorschach test
inkblot test | a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots, subjects state what they see in the inkblot |
Thematic Apperception Test
TAT | a projective technique using black-and-white pictures, subjects tell a story about each picture |
| sub-test | one of a battery of related tests |
test case
test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
| test | a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins |
eyepiece
ocular | combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments |
| reflex camera | camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed |
| test bed | a place equipped with instruments for testing (e.g. engines or machinery or computer programs etc.) under working conditions |
| test equipment | equipment required to perform a test |
| test paper | paper impregnated with an indicator for use in chemical tests |
| test range | a range for conducting tests |
test rocket
research rocket
test instrument vehicle | a rocket fired for test purposes |
test room
testing room | a room in which tests are conducted |
| test tube | glass tube closed at one end |
| fundus | (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening, the uterine fundus, the fundus of the stomach |
ocular muscle
eye muscle | one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball |
| reflex arc | the neural path of a reflex |
diagnostic test
diagnostic assay | an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes |
| agglutination test | a blood test used to identify unknown antigens, blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen, used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections |
| heterophil test | a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells, positive result indicates infectious mononucleosis |
Widal test
Widal's test | a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections |
cloze procedure
cloze test | a test for diagnosing reading ability, words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks |
fecal occult test
faecal occult test
stool test | a test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of blood, used to detect colorectal cancers |